Return of the Buddha : the Qingzhou discoveries / [catalogue editor, Lukas Nickel]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nickel, Lukas.

Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

Rev. Shojo Honda Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Rückkehr des Buddha. English.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Buddhist sculpture--China--Qingzhou--Catalogs.

Buddhist sculpture.

Statues--China--Qingzhou--Catalogs.

Statues.

China.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

172 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm

Edition:

English edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Royal Academy of Arts ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Thames & Hudson, [2002]

Language Note:

Translated from the German.

Summary:

This handsome volume -- the catalogue of an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London -- celebrates the 1996 discovery of a hoard of Buddhist stone statues at the Longxing temple site in Qingzhou, Shandong Province, China. As archaeological treasures, these statues -- which caused much excitement at their first showing in Beijing in 1999 -- stand as magnificent cultural relics of immense significance for the study of Chinese Buddhist history, archaeology, and art.

The 35 superbly carved works shown here were selected from the more than 400 statues unearthed, the majority sculpted in limestone. Their unique characteristics reveal the outstanding achievements in the development of stone carving in China during the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

Contents:

Early Buddhist Art in China 20

Longxing Temple in Qingzhou and the Discovery of the Sculpture Hoard 34

The Qingzhou Region: A Centre of Buddhist Art in the Sixth Century 44

Sculpture of the Northern QI Dynasty and Its Stylistic Models 54

Catalogue 60

Dynasties and Periods of Imperial China 162

Iconographic Illustrations 164.

Notes:

Catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, April 26-July 14, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1903973058

0810966433

OCLC:

51454309