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| ID: 700008875 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008875 | Record Type: Built Work |
| Images: 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |
| Mogao Caves (religious complex; various artists; 4th to 14th century; Dunhuang (Gansu, Zhongguo, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hiera...) | |
| Note: Religious complex situated 25 kilometers southeast of the ancient Silk Road oasis town of Dunhuang in the far northwest of China, along the Daquan River. Comprises 492 cells, sanctuaries, and temples, profusely decorated. Adapted natural caves and rock-cut; famous for statues and wall paintings, spanning 1,000 years of Buddhist art. The earliest extant grotto dates to around 420; the last was made during the Mongol Yuan dynasty (1271-1368). Over a period of a millennium, possibly as many as one thousand caves and niches were excavated in the cliff face, and nearly five hundred decorated with elaborate painted muralsand sculpture modeled in clay; they were sponsored by monks, merchants, and others. Located in: Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China; Northern Dynasties | |
| Titles: |
| Mogao Caves (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,N) |
| Mogao Cave Complex (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Dunhuang Cave Complex (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Mogao Grottoes (C,U,English,U,U) |
| Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Thousand Buddha Caves (C,U,English,U,U,undetermined,,N) |
| Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tun-huang Caves of 1,000 Buddhas (C,U,English,,N) |
| 莫高窟 (C,U,Chinese,U,U) |
| Dunhuang Caves (C,U,LC,undetermined,U,U) |
| Mogao cu (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Mo-kao kʻu (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tun-huang (C,U,English,,N) |
| Qianfo dong (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Chʻien-fu Caves (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Dunhuang Mogao Ku (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tun-huang Mo-kao kʻu (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Mo-kao Caves (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Qianfu Caves (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Tun-huang Caves (C,U,undetermined,U,U) |
| Qianfodong (C,U,undetermined,,N) |
| Catalog Level: complex |
| religious complex [300263741] (preferred) |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>) |
| cave-temples [300007616] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings, temples (buildings), <temples by location or context>) |
| cave architecture [300008019] |
| ..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by location or context>, <single built works by location: topographical>) |
| architecture (preferred) |
| Creation Date: 4th to 14th century |
| various artists [preferred,BWR] |
| artists various artists (various cultural designations, architects, or other people) [500204623] |
| Locations: |
| Current: Dunhuang [7001969] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
| Address Note: +37.69,+102.88; Gansu Sheng, China |
| Other: Site Context: Qianfodong [7029798] Gansu province (province), China (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic) |
| Address Note: +37.69,+102.88; Gansu Sheng, China |
| Display Materials: adapted natural caves and rock-cut, painted caves |
| rock-cut (construction technique) [300404381] | |
| .......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>) |
| mural painting (image-making) [300178677] | |
| .......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting (image-making)) |
| Dimensions: 492 cave temples, 45,000 square meters of murals, 415 painted clay figures |
| (preferred) |
| Northern Dynasties [300018403] () | |
| .....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Asian, East Asian, Chinese (culture or style), Chinese dynastic styles and periods, Southern and Northern Dynasties) |
| architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined) |
| religion and mythology (purpose) |
| Buddha [901000851] | |
| .....((Buddhist characters, Buddhist iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON) |
| is architectural context for .... Works at Mogao [700008898] | |
| ..........objects; various Buddhist artists; dated from 366 CE; Mogao Caves (Gansu, Zhongguo, Asia, World, Top of the TGN hi... |
| List/Hierarchical Position: |
 ..... Built Works |
| .......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures |
| Note: | |
| English | ..... [VP] |
| ..... Getty Research Institute exhibitions [online] (1997-) | |
| ..... Grove Art Online (2008-) | |
| ..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) | |
| ..... Agnew, Reed, Ball, Cave Temples of Dunhuang (2016) | |
| ..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3756968; BWR3757031 | |
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