Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID19947004
AuthorsMarylin Martin Rhie (corresponding author)
Year1999
Publication date1999-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueEarly Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 1 Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789047430759
OpenAlexW2796870930
ISBN9789047430759
LanguageEN
Citations received13

The earliest Buddhist art of China can only be understood when seen in relation to a wider area comprising Central Asia and India. This is exactly the purpose of the underlying volume. Presenting the earliest Buddhist art of China in its wider context of the Bactrian and Southern Silk Road regions in Central Asia (1st to 4th century A.D.), the author offers clarifications of the issues and new assessments regarding the cross-cultural and cross-regional interrelationships, sources, dating and chronology during these formative initial phases of Buddhism from India to China. With over 500 illustrations, 18 in full colour, 76 drawings and 14 maps, the book offers not only an overview of this complex and important period, but also the fullest and most detailed analysis of the art: individually, within its local region, and in relation to the wider, trans-Asian scope essential for a proper understanding of this period for a wide range of disciplines

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Cartography · Central asia · Chin · China · Chronology · Context (archaeology) · Formative assessment · Geography · Kingdom · Period (music) · Sociology · South asia · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Chinese history and philosophy · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Geology · History · Paleontology

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