Painted Buddhas of Xinjiang: Hidden Treasures from the Silk Road
Gies, Jacques; Coutin, Andre & Feugere, Laure
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Book ID : 18099
ISBN-10 : 0-7141-2410-9 / 0714124109
ISBN-13 : 978-0-7141-2410-0 / 9780714124100
Place
of Publication :
London
Year
of Publication :
2002
Edition :
Language : English
168p., Gloss., 98 Col. Illus, 3 Maps., 25x25 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Hidden away beneath the mountains of Xinjiang, on the Silk Road in what was formerly Eastern Turkestan, are a series of caves that were inaccesible for half a century. After thirty years of negotiation with the authorised, the photographer Reza finaly gained permision to visit the caves and becane the first Westerner to record the extraordinary frescoes they contained.
