01972nam a2200385 a 4500 ebr10386647 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060721s2007 hiuaa sb 001 0 eng 2006024200 0824829948 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780824829940 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)256467523 a-cc--- NB1912.B83 M43 2007eb 730.951/18 22 McNair, Amy. Donors of Longmen [electronic resource] : faith, politics, and patronage in medieval Chinese Buddhist sculpture / Amy McNair. Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2007. x, 230 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references and (p. [213]-225) index. Emperor as Tath�agata -- The mechanics of a karmic gift of sculpture -- The rhetoric of expenditure -- The politics of filial piety -- C�inasth�ana preserves the dharma -- Rouge and powder money -- The satellite grottoes -- Salvation for one -- Epilogue : the later life of the site -- Appendix : Chinese texts of Longmen inscriptions. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Buddhist gods in art. Buddhist sculpture China Longmen Caves. Sculpture, Chinese China Longmen Caves Three kingdoms-Sui dynasty, 220-618. Sculpture, Chinese China Longmen Caves Tang-Five dynasties, 618-960. Buddhist art and symbolism China Longmen Caves. Art patronage China. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386647 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 101058 101058