McNair, Amy.
Donors of Longmen faith, politics, and patronage in medieval Chinese Buddhist sculpture / [electronic resource] : Amy McNair. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - x, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and (p. [213]-225) index.
Emperor as Tath�agata -- The mechanics of a karmic gift of sculpture -- The rhetoric of expenditure -- The politics of filial piety -- C�inasth�ana preserves the dharma -- Rouge and powder money -- The satellite grottoes -- Salvation for one -- Epilogue : the later life of the site -- Appendix : Chinese texts of Longmen inscriptions.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Buddhist gods in art.
Buddhist sculpture--China--Longmen Caves.
Sculpture, Chinese--China--Longmen Caves--Three kingdoms-Sui dynasty, 220-618.
Sculpture, Chinese--China--Longmen Caves--Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960.
Buddhist art and symbolism--China--Longmen Caves.
Art patronage--China.
Electronic books.
NB1912.B83 / M43 2007eb
730.951/18
Donors of Longmen faith, politics, and patronage in medieval Chinese Buddhist sculpture / [electronic resource] : Amy McNair. - Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. - x, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and (p. [213]-225) index.
Emperor as Tath�agata -- The mechanics of a karmic gift of sculpture -- The rhetoric of expenditure -- The politics of filial piety -- C�inasth�ana preserves the dharma -- Rouge and powder money -- The satellite grottoes -- Salvation for one -- Epilogue : the later life of the site -- Appendix : Chinese texts of Longmen inscriptions.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2010.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Buddhist gods in art.
Buddhist sculpture--China--Longmen Caves.
Sculpture, Chinese--China--Longmen Caves--Three kingdoms-Sui dynasty, 220-618.
Sculpture, Chinese--China--Longmen Caves--Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960.
Buddhist art and symbolism--China--Longmen Caves.
Art patronage--China.
Electronic books.
NB1912.B83 / M43 2007eb
730.951/18