Cristophe Munier-Gallard

Mural Art

Studies on Paintings in Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Mural Art - Studies on mural paintings in Asia is a series of 10 articles by the best scholars on murals in Afghanistan, Xinjiang (China), Tibet, Burma, Thailand and Mongolia - from the 5th to the 18th century. This unique publication on murals in Asia is a precious testimony of a fragile and inspiring heritage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: River Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 312mm x 245mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 1775g
• ISBN-13: 9786167339962
• ISBN-10: 6167339961
• Artikelnr.: 50123794

Inhaltsangabe

FOREWORD 15 PREFACE 16 AFGHANISTAN Parinirvāṇā Scenes in Bāmiyān Murals:
Transformation of Gandhāran Art 18 in Central Asia Akira MIYAJI The Origins
of the Earliest Buddhist Murals in Bāmiyān Shumpei IWAI 42 XINJIANG Digital
Reconstruction of the Mural Panels from Temple no. 15 at Bezeklik, Xinjiang
58 Uyghur Autonomous Region of China Yoshihiro OKADA and Takashi IRISAWA
TIBET Mural Conservation in Tibet 1995-2007: Grathang, Shalu and Lukhang 86
Conservation Projects Amy HELLER Late 13th Century Wall Paintings of Pang
gra phug, a Cave in West Tibet. Iconography, 98 Style and Similarities to
the Luri Stūpa in Mustang Helmut F. and Heidi A. NEUMANN Inscriptions,
Captions and Murals of the Buddha-vita in Pang gra phug 120 (mNga’ ris,
Western Tibet) Kurt TROPPER MYANMAR The Story of the Buddha’s Eyetooth
Relics and Its Pagan Reception Lilian HANDLIN 140 Typology of 17th- and
18th-century Gold Murals in Myanmar Cristophe MUNIER-GAILLARD 166 THAILAND
At the Nexus of Power: Chinese Traces in the Heart of Wat Ratchaburana in
Ayutthaya 192 Pattaratorn CHIRAPRAVATI MONGOLIA Pe har and Oracle Deities
in Mongolia: Paintings of the Five Kings in 208 Yeke juu Monastery of
Hohhot Isabelle CHARLEUX INDEX 248