جزییات کتاب
This book, third in a series on the early Buddhist art of China and Central Asia, centers on Buddhist art from the Western Ch in (385-431 A.D.) in eastern Kansu (northwest China), primarily from the cave temples of Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan. A detailed chronological and iconographic study of sculptures and wall paintings in Cave 169 at Ping-ling ssu particularly yields a chronological framework for unlocking the difficult issues of dating early fifth century Chinese Buddhist art, and offers some new insights into textual sources in the Lotus, Hua-yen and Amitabha sutras. Further, this study introduces the iconographpy of the five Buddhas and its relation to the art of Gandhara and the famous five colossal Tan-yao caves at Yun-kang. Bookseller Inventory
درباره نویسنده
سر جان ریس (به انگلیسی: Martin Rees) (زاده ۲۳ ژوئن ۱۹۴۲) کیهان شناس و اختر فیزیکدان انگلیسی است. او بین سالهای ۲۰۰۵ تا ۲۰۱۰ رئیس انجمن سلطنتی بودهاست.