Carved into the mountains of northern China, the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan were the crowning cultural achievement of the sixth-century Northern Qi dynasty. Once home to a magnificent array of limestone sculptures, the caves were heavily damaged during the first half of the twentieth century, and much of the work housed there was lost to the international art market.
The exhibition" Echoes of the Past" co-organized by the University of Chicago s Smart Museum of Art and the Smithsonian Institution sArthur M. Sackler Gallery draws upon the findings of a multiyear research...
Carved into the mountains of northern China, the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan were the crowning cultural achievement of the sixth-century...
