From Earth to Enlightenment: Materiality, Technology and Cultural Transmission of Terracruda Sculpture Across Buddhist Asia
open access | peer reviewed
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- Mònica López-Prat - National Research Council - email
- Emma Cantisani - National Research Council - email
- Susan Bean - email
Keywords SEM-EDS • Material culture • Mogaoku • Air-dried • Buddhist art • Bodily appearance • Fibers • Mogao • Polychromy • XRF • Ritual deposits • Terra cruda • Archaeology • Micro-CT • Silk Roads • air-dried clay, nísù 泥塑, conservation, traditional • Buddhism • Khara-khoto • technique • Vimānārcanakalpa • Sculpture • X-radiography • Dunhuang • Edzina • Traditional knowledge • Conservation • Tangut • ritual • Cosmetic practice • Terracruda • Ornamentation • Pigments • Clay • textual instruction • Beauty • Langdon Warner • Sacred image-making
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-112-0 | e-ISBN 979-12-5742-112-0 | Pubblicato Prossimamente | Lingua en
Finanziamenti European Union · Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships · Traditional Knowledge for the Conservation of the Silk Roads Monumental Terracruda Sculptures (TANTRiC) · Grant 101105953
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