Donors of Longmen [electronic resource] : faith, politics, and patronage in medieval Chinese Buddhist sculpture / Amy McNair.
By: McNair, Amy.
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BookPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007Description: x, 230 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): 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 -- ChinaGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 730.951/18 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 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.
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