Accession Number:
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181746
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Cave 1 Interior; west wall detail showing banding and niches
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Date of View:
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6/8/2009
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Image description:
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Niches containing elaborately carved images of Buddha, bodhisattvas and apsarasas are organized in horizontal bands along the walls, and oblong reliefs in the lower register illustrate j¿takas.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SIX
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Culture:
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Chinese
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Subject:
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Buddhism and art--China
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Subject:
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Silk Road
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Work Types:
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Art; paintings (visual works); mural paintings (visual works)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; shrines (structures)
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works)
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Preferred Title:
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Yungang Grottoes: Cave 1
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (Chinese)
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Date:
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ca. 494-525 (creation)
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Materials:
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sandstone; polychrome (mineral pigment paint)
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Technique:
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painting and painting techniques
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Alternate Title:
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¿¿¿¿
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Locations:
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Yungang Grottoes, Datong, Shanxi, China
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Chinese
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Style/Period:
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Northern Wei
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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