Chinese Steles: Pre-Buddhist And Buddhist Use Of A Symbolic Form

Dorothy Wong traces the ancient roots of the Chinese stele tradition and investigates the process by which Chinese steles were adapted for Buddhist use. She demonstrates how the Chinese artistic idiom planted the seeds for major achievements in figural and landscape arts in the ensuing Sui and Tang periods.

• | By (Author): Dorothy C. Wong
• | Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 30, 2004
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 320 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 082482783X
• | ISBN-13: 9780824827830