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Complete Works of Yungang Grottoes 4

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Complete Works of Yungang Grottoes is a set of comprehensive atlas reflecting different periods, different caves, different artistic styles and artistic characteristics of Yungang Grottoes.

It is a large-scale, multi volume book of Yungang Grottoes, mainly obtained by means of photography, measurement, scanning, description, etc., relying on all historical materials since the excavation of Yungang Grottoes, collecting decades of academic research results, and using objective and reliable words.

The whole collection consists of 20 volumes, catalogued in the form of volumes of caves, each with more than 400 pictures, and arranged several professional academic papers on the cultural and artistic characteristics of caves.

Yungang Grottoes have a large scale, rich contents, exquisite carving art and vivid and moving image.

This great art palace, which symbolizes the imperial power of Tuoba in the Northern Wei Dynasty, absorbs and integrates the diverse cultures of ancient nationalities, represents the highest level of art sculpture in the world in the 5th century, and is an unparalleled treasure in the history of human culture and sculpture art.

In 2001, Yungang Grottoes were listed in the World Heritage List.For more than 1500 years, the statues of Yungang Grottoes have been weathered and ruined by wind and rain.

In the past, most of the photography focuses on the temporary perfect Buddha statues, and the remaining images disappear year by year in people's eyes.

Even the best preserved statues, in the power of nature, disappear is the ultimate irreversible fate.

Collect image data for it, then file a case, select carefully, collect and publish -- in this way to retain the perfect art in the changes.

This complete collection is a rescue cave file.

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Qingdao Publishing House
7999084107 / 9787999084105
eBook (EPUB)
01/12/2017
English
1 pages
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