...Sonya S. Lee Copyright © Asia Society 2010 Transmitting Buddhism to a Future Age: The Leiyin Cave at Fangshan and Cave-Temples with Stone Scriptures in Sixth-Century China sonya s. lee University...

...Figure 1. Remains of monastic complex and cave temples at Simsim Caves, China, fourth–fifth century. Photograph: Sonya S. Lee. ...

...Vidya Dehejia; Peter Rockwell Abstract India has a rich tradition of monuments cut from living rock, ranging from cave-shrines with a single façade to entire monolithic temples with both an interior and an exterior excavated from a mountainside. At a rough count more than eleven hundred caves...

.... of data. Sato Chisui2 and Hou Xudong3 both assembled This paper is a study of one of the patrons of the large numbers of inscriptions from the epigraphic literature West Cave-Temple at the site of Shuiyu Si in southern and tabulated them according to a wide range of criteria. Hebei Province, a woman...

... want to suggest, in the meanings their form seems to embody. THE laRAIA BRONZES Before turning to the "Kerala-style" bronzes, I intro- duce the earliest bronzes from the region (ca. 8th-loth c which demonstrate strong ties to the greater south. A brief look at cave-temple...

... temples This study offers a reassessment of the stone sculpture art in the Buddhist cave temples of Yungang 雲岡 and Longmen 龍門 during the Northern Wei period (386–534) that suggests new conclusions about early cave-making at Longmen. An important factor in the study of the history of Buddhist caves...

...Figure 18. Plan of the Bedsa Chaitya, first century bce . Note the channel connecting the interior cell to the cell on the verandah. From James Burgess, Report on the Buddhist Cave Temples and Their Inscriptions (Delhi: Trübner, 1876–79), pl. XI. ...

... steles of the sixth–seventh centuries as well as in earlier cave-temple images.14 I believe that the presence of two seated figures inside the stupa confirms it as a Many...

... Columbia University richard davis Bard College he magnificent set of excavated caves, rock-cut Material Changes and Religious Competition Tmonoliths, sculpted stone tableaux, and structural temples...

... In Reflections of the Buddha, Buddhism is the Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan, which ‘‘restores’’ frag- big idea. ments into their original stone cave-temple locations by 98 ARCHIVES OF ASIAN ART Fig. 15. ‘‘The Universal Gateway of Bodhisattva Avalokites´ vara...

... historically received less scholarly attention than the more at most other caves at Longmen and elsewhere (Fig. 1). intensely carved west side, there are several impressive tem- Kanjingsi is largely empty except for a band of life-size relief ples and cave-temples, most of which were produced during...

...). cave temple site in the Turfan region, and many of them are of a particular type of painting, commonly referred to as a ‘‘Pranidhi scene Pranidhi paintings depict inci...

... to the High Tang era. Given the connection of the nirvana transformation image in the Li family cave, Cave 148, to the Shanxi stele at Wu Zhao's Great Cloud Temple, the Maitreya mural in Cave 148 can be understood as a local response to worldly saviors. With the political turmoil of the late eighth century...

... and Buddhist arts, and it was in his The Cave Temples skills at a banquet in his honor, he leaned over and of Maichishan (1969) that he eventually demonstrated whispered, ‘‘You know, three years ago [at age 94] I got his devotion to the last of these. After six years as a my BMW up to 114 miles per hour. I...

... tales often run along the four walls of the cave. However, the design of the murals usually prioritize symmetry, for the narratives seldom wrap around the cave space in a strictly linear fashion. See Abe, “Art and Practice in a Fifth-Century Chinese Buddhist Cave Temple.” 79. For similar...

... . Sørensen, Henrik H. Review of Unfolding a Mandala: The Buddhist Cave Temples at Ellora by Geri H. Malandra . Studies in Central and East Asian Religions 7 ( 1994 ): 105 – 8 . Sørensen, Per K. Review of Sudhana's Miraculous Journey: The Inscriptional Text of the Tibetan Gandavyūhasūtra...

... and Pearlroth, Anita K. G. Scrollwork in Medieval Orissan Art, vol. 25 Cave: Temples at Candrabhaga and Kansuan, vol. 34 (1981), pp. (1971-1972), pp, 77-87. 56-73. Peer, Robert. See Poor, Robert. Milgrome, David. A Bronze Kuei...

...: Zangskar and the hampered by immovable objects placed directly in front of Cave Temples of Ladakh (New Delhi: Vikas Publishing the murals and by a very reflective surface coating. Figure House, 1980), p. 53. 10 does not do justice to the quality of the painting. For a 21. Jeff Watt, Director...