Replicas of Mogao Grottoes to visit US
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An exhibition replicating the caves of China's Mogao Grottoes entitled "the Buddhist Art of the Silk Road of China" will be held from May to September at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA. This is first time simulations of the Grottoes will be fully displayed in the US.
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A fresco in Cave 285 of China's Mogao Grottoes. [Photo/public.dha.ac.cn] |
Luo Qinhua, deputy director of the Dunhuang Research Academy introduced the full-size duplicates of three representative caves from the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms (304-589) to the Tang Dynasty (618-907) which will be exhibited. Luo also noted that the exhibition a great achievement of collaboration between China and the US in preserving the grottos. All the replication work will be finished at the end of 2015.
Ma Qiang, deputy director of the arts department of the Academy said that nearly all the staff of his department has been engaged in the replication work since the year 2011 when the plan for the exhibition was settled. For example, Cave 285 alone has 15 people working to duplicate it full time.
Cave 285 is one of the caves that has the most abundant artworks. A combination of the art from central China and the Western Region featured the cave. Not only were Indian fairies painted in it, but also the gods from traditional Chinese fairy tales.
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