Book Review: Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume One, Later Han, Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia By Marylin Martin Rhie
Buddhist Art in Central Asia; Buddhist Art in China; History of Chinese Art; Lawton, Thomas
摘要
A review of Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume One，Later Han，Three Kingdoms and Western Chin in China and Bactria to Shan-shan in Central Asia, a book by Marilyn Martin Rhie. In this volume，Rhie examines the earliest Buddhist art from China and Central Asia during the first four centuries A.D. Part One of the book examines the beginnings of Chinese Buddhism and Buddhist art; Part Two examines the art of the Silk Road in Central Asia. The breadth of Rhie's research will evoke a sense of admiration from all who have attempted to understand the complex relationships that link China and Central Asia. She has assembled an imposing amount of information and offers thoughtful opinions about major matters, including the troubling question of chronology and dating，as well as the equally vexatious issue of the sources and relationships of artistic monuments.
