Tag: Grottoes
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Analysis of the Conception and Appearance of the Group Portraits of the Twenty-nine Patriarchs in Kanjingsi Cave of Longmen Grottoes
The portraits of the twenty-nine patriarchs in Kanjingsi Cave of Longmen Grottoes are the largest existing statues of the patriarchs in the Chinese grottoes. Kanjingsi Cave belongs to the design of Zen grottoes influenced by square worship grottoes and has the dual nature of meditation and worship, and the group of twenty-nine patriarchs was first…
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[AF Forum 14] Gao Pengfei: Analysis of the Conception and Appearance of the Group Portraits
The portraits of the twenty-nine patriarchs in Kanjingsi Cave of Longmen Grottoes are the largest existing statues of the patriarchs in the Chinese grottoes. Kanjingsi Cave belongs to the design of Zen grottoes influenced by square worship grottoes and has the dual nature of meditation and worship, and the group of twenty-nine patriarchs was first…
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Feminization of Statues in Longmen Grottoes during the Northern Wei Dynasty and its Causes
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang were excavated, following the excavation of the Yungang Grottoes in Datong. When comparing the statues in the Longmen Grottoes and the Yungang Grottoes, the most prominent difference is that the statues in the Longmen Grottoes present different feminine features. First, the donor figures originally carved…