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Cave temples of Mogao at Dunhuang: art and history on the Silk Road

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1606064452 (pbk.)
ISBN	9781606064450 (pbk.)
Author	Whitfield, Roderick
Title	Cave temples of Mogao at Dunhuang : art and history on the Silk Road / Roderick Whitfield, Susan Whitfield, Neville Agnew ; photography of the Mogao caves by Lois Conner and Wu Jian
Edition	2nd ed.
Publisher	Los Angeles : Getty Conservation Institute, 2015
Physical desc.	158 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), col maps ; 26 cm.
Series	Conservation and cultural heritage 9
Note	First edition published in 2000 as: Cave temples of Mogao : art and history on the Silk Road.
Note	Donated by Mr Robert Towers, November 2016.
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157).
Contents	At the desert gateway to China -- The blazing beacon -- Lost treasures of the Silk Road -- The peerless caves -- Temples of the pure lands -- A millennium of murals -- Conserving the heritage of Mogao -- Monasteries, monks, and manuscripts -- The art gallery in the desert.
Subject	Buddhist art -- China -- Dunhuang Caves
	Buddhist mural painting and decoration -- China -- Dunhuang Caves
	Mural painting and decoration, Chinese -- China -- Dunhuang Caves
	Art, Chinese -- Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960
	Dunhuang Caves (China)
Added name(s)	Whitfield, Susan 1960-
Added name(s)	Agnew, Neville 1938-
Added name(s) - Corporate	Getty Conservation Institute

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
10012265	951.45 WHI	RL		. On Loan .	13 May 2024