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Visualizing Dunhuang - The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves (Hardcover, 9 Volume Set)
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Visualizing Dunhuang - The Lo Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves (Hardcover, 9 Volume Set)
Series: Publications of the Tang Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
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Available in a limited print run of 1,000 sets-the stunning
nine-volume presentation of the incredible Buddhist caves at
Dunhuang in northwestern China Situated at an important juncture
within the network of silk routes from China through central Asia,
the oasis city of Dunhuang was an ancient site of Buddhist
religious activity. Southeast of the city, the Mogao Caves, also
known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, are an astonishing
group of hundreds of caves-carved in the cliffs between the fourth
and fourteenth centuries-containing sculptures and paintings.
Further east sit the Yulin Caves, another critical and richly
decorated site. Featuring some of the finest examples of Buddhist
imagery to be found anywhere in the world, these caves have enticed
explorers, archaeologists, artists, scholars, and photographers
since the early twentieth century. Visualizing Dunhuang: The Lo
Archive Photographs of the Mogao and Yulin Caves presents for the
first time in print the comprehensive photographic archive-created
in the 1940s by James C. M. Lo (1902-1987) and his wife, Lucy L. Lo
(b. 1920)-of the remarkable Buddhist caves at Dunhuang. This
extraordinary nine-volume set features more than 3,000 of the
original black-and-white photographs that provide an indispensable
historical record. Invaluable for their documentary worth and
artistic quality, and thorough in their coverage and clarity, the
images represent a rare perspective on significant monuments, many
now irretrievably changed. The Lo Archive serves as a treasure
trove of historical, cultural, and artistic information for
researchers, art historians, and conservators. The introductory
volume includes an essay about the formation and history of the Lo
Archive, as well as maps, diagrams, photographs of the Mogao site,
and concordances. The central volumes contain photographs of the
Mogao and Yulin Caves, collaged photographs, several hundred newly
created diagrammatic plans, and English and Chinese captions. The
final volume is a collection of essays that addresses the
complexity and richness of the Lo Archive, and how Dunhuang has
been viewed from ancient times to the present. Contributors include
Neville Agnew, Dora Ching, Jun Hu, Annette Juliano, Richard Kent,
Wei-Cheng Lin, Cary Liu, Maria Menshikova, Jerome Silbergeld,
Roderick Whitfield, and Zhao Shengliang. Exquisitely produced, this
monumental set's abundant photographs have been lavishly printed as
tritones, allowing for the closest possible match to James Lo's
original black-and-white photographs, and for the clearest, richest
images possible. With numerous silk-screened pages and an
eight-page double-sided gatefold, Visualizing Dunhuang stands as a
definitive reference for scholars, collectors, and libraries in art
history and Asian studies. Published in association with the Tang
Center for East Asian Art, Princeton University
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