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| The Buddhist Caves at Qixiashan, China (Southern Dynasties, 420-589 CE) | ||
| 作者 | Lin, Wei (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.68 n.6 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2007 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Ohio State University |
| 指導教授 | Huntington, John C. |
| 畢業年度 | 2007 |
| 附註項 | 421p |
| 關鍵詞 | 佛教人物=Buddhist; 石窟=Caves; Qixiashan; China; Southern Dynasties; 佛教藝術=Buddhist Art; 淨土=Pure Land; 圖像學=Iconography; 彌勒菩薩=Maitreya=Miruk |
| 摘要 | This study examines the Southern Dynasties (420-589 CE) Buddhist caves at Qixiashan, located in the Nanjing region of Jiangsu province in China. This group of carvings, which includes eighteen major caves and two small niches, are by far the earliest and, despite their poor condition, the better preserved examples of the few rock-cut remains in the south during the Six Dynasties period (220-589 CE). In addition, this imperially sponsored cave site is located at the ancient capital of the Southern Dynasties; thus, the Buddhist monuments at Qixia provide important physical evidence of the mainstream southern Buddhist art of that time. However, due to an unfortunate cement coating of images during an ill-advised 1925 “restoration,” it has been very difficult to conduct scholarly research on this site until the late 1990s, when the cement was re my work on Buddhist cave temples moved. My principal research data are based on field research, particularly the detailed photographic documentation of these newly-restored caves and drawings collected in my original fieldwork. In addition to the visual material, my research method also includes translating a large body of primary literature related to the caves and their excavation. Within this comparative framework, I have provided a detailed and systematic analysis of the architectural layout, iconographic themes, and stylistic characteristics of images. This study provides the first thorough visual documentation and art historical analysis of the Qixia caves. The chronological analysis based on textual and artistic evidence proposes three stages of artistic development at Qixia: the first period dated approximately after 484 CE during the late fifth century of the Southern Qi dynasty; the second period dated to the first quarter of the sixth century, somewhere between 511 or 513 and 530 CE, of the early Southern Liang dynasty; the third period dated around the second quarter of the sixth century during the later part of the Southern Liang dynasty. A closer examination of the site’s iconography within the historical context further reveals the popularity of the Amitayus and Maitreya Pure Lands as well as the Lotus Sutra during the Southern Dynasties period. A contextual study of the Qixia caves informs us that, while borrowing northern conventions, Qixia has developed a unique southern style in cave art and architecture throughout the Southern Qi and Liang dynasties. This new southern tradition immediately provided models for the late Northern Wei caves during the end of the fifth and early sixth century. My findings also suggest that this south to north influence continues throughout the later part of the Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang period. Given the fact that late fifth and sixth century witnessed the domestication of Buddhism in China, this study further signifies the role and contribution of southern China in the internalization of Buddhism and Buddhist art during this period, and highlights the significance of the Southern Dynasties in the history of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist art. |
| ISBN | 9780549071372 |
| 點閱次數 | 855 |
| 建檔日期 | 2008.04.15 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.30 |
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