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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia (Handbook of Oriental Studies / Handbuch Der Orientalistik - Part 4: China, 12, Vol. 1) (Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik)
Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia - Handbook of Oriental Studies / Handbuch Der Orientalistik - Part 4: China, 12, Vol. 1 - Handbook of Oriental Studies/Handbuch Der Orientalistik Author:Marylin M. Rhie Presenting the earliest Buddhist art of China in its context of the Bactrian and Southern Silk Road regions in Central Asia (1st to the 4th century AD), this book offers clarifications of the issues assesses the cross-cultural and cross-regional interrelationships, sources, dating and chronology during these initial phases. It offers an overview... more » of the period and an analysis of the art: individually, within its local region and in relation to the wider, trans-Asian scope.« less