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Chinese Wood Sculptures of the 11th to 13th cent - Images of Water-moon Guanyin in Northern Chinese Temples and Western Collections
Petra Rosch
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Paperback. Num Pages: 386 pages, fig: 140, b&w, fig: 23, color. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 502.
Chinese Buddhist wooden sculptures of Water-moon Guanyin, a Bodhisattva sitting in a leisurely reclining pose on a rocky throne, are housed in Western collections and are thus removed from their original context(s). Not only are most of them of unknown origin, but also do lack a precise date. Tracing their sources is moreover difficult because of the scant information provided by art dealers in previous periods. Thus, only preliminary investigations into their stylistic development and technical features have been made so far. Moreover, until recently none of the Chinese temples that provided their original context, i.e. their precise/exact/specific position within ... Read more
Chinese Buddhist wooden sculptures of Water-moon Guanyin, a Bodhisattva sitting in a leisurely reclining pose on a rocky throne, are housed in Western collections and are thus removed from their original context(s). Not only are most of them of unknown origin, but also do lack a precise date. Tracing their sources is moreover difficult because of the scant information provided by art dealers in previous periods. Thus, only preliminary investigations into their stylistic development and technical features have been made so far. Moreover, until recently none of the Chinese temples that provided their original context, i.e. their precise/exact/specific position within ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
491g
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Stuttgart, Germany
ISBN
9783898216623
SKU
V9783898216623
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Ref
99-15
About Petra Rosch
Petra H. Rosch received a PhD in East Asian Art History from Heidelberg University. She is Research Fellow of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre Dynamics of Ritual at Heidelberg University and is currently working on a book on confession rituals at Chinese Buddhist cave temples of the 6th to 8th century.
Reviews for Chinese Wood Sculptures of the 11th to 13th cent - Images of Water-moon Guanyin in Northern Chinese Temples and Western Collections
This book will appeal to all those who have an interest in Buddhist sculpture, the history of woodcarving or Chinese art - Jason Townsend, The Woodcarvers Gazette, Summer 2018