Yungang Caves (Shanxi Province): architectural elements (gateway, pagoda, hall, caisson ceilings, bracket set)

Published/Created:

China, Shanxi Province: Datong, Yungang Caves
ca. 450-550 (built)

Notes:

Drawing by Liang Sicheng 梁思成, 1901-1972, and the Institute for Research in Chinese Architecture (1931-1946).
Liang Sicheng (Wilma Fairbank, Editor), Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture (Bilingual Edition), 2001, fig. 18

Variant Titles:

云冈石窟所表现之北魏建筑[[

Topics:

Architecture -- China -- Shanxi Province -- (YVRC)
Institute for Research in Chinese Architecture (active ca. 1931-1946) -- (YVRC)
Liang Sicheng, 1901-1972 -- (LC)

Culture:

Buddhist
Period of Disunity, 220-589

Accession Number:

25183

Genre:

drawings (AAT)
religious buildings: cave temples (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Liang Sicheng Collection)

Source Note:

G: Liang Sicheng Photograph Collection
R: Lantern Slide Negative

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 217240

OID:

487422

PID:

digcoll:1892932