Chinese Buddhist Art in the collections of the Harvard Art Museums,Yale University Art Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Contents
Contents
PrefaceLiu Jianhua 1
Part One Investigation of Chinese Buddhist Art in the Harvard Art Museums, Yale University Art Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Chapter 1 Investigation of Chinese Buddhist Art in the Collections of the three Art Museums
Section 1 Origin and Cause
Section 2 Expedition Process
Section 3 Important Art Handlers
Chapter 2 Chinese Buddhist Art in the Harvard Art Museums
Section 1 Bronze Sculpture
Section 2 Stone Sculpture
Section 3 Clay Sculpture
Section 4 Buddhist Painting
Section 5 Other Buddhist Art
Chapter 3 Chinese Buddhist Art in the Yale University Art Gallery
Section 1 Bronze Sculpture
Section 2 Stone Sculpture
Section 3 Wood Sculpture
Section 4 Buddhist Painting
Chapter 4 Chinese Buddhist Art in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Section 1 Bronze Sculpture
Section 2 Stone Sculpture
Section 3 Wood Sculpture
Section 4 Buddhist Painting
Section 5 Other Buddhist Art
Part Two Research on Chinese Buddhist Art in the
Harvard Art Museums, Yale University Art
Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Chapter 5 Contemplative Statues of the Northern Dynasties in Hebei Province
Section 1 Contemplative Statues of the Northern Dynasties from Hebei Province in American Museums
Section 2 Features of Contemplative Statues of the Northern Dynasties in Hebei Province
Section 3 Contemplative Statues under Trees
Section 4 Reasons for Contemplative Statues of the Northern Dynasties flourishing in Hebei Province
Chapter 6 Apsaras Playing Flute Adorned Mandorla of the Northern Dynasties
Section 1 Bronze Apsara Playing Flute in the Harvard Art Museums
Section 2 Bronze Apsaras Adorned Mandorla of the Northern Dynasties
Section 3 Stone Apsaras Playing Flute and Reborn Celestial of the Northern Dynasties
Section 4 Sutra of Apsara Offering to Sakyamuni Buddha and Maitreya
Section 5 Sutra of Apsara Offering to Amitabha
Section 6 The Causes of Apsara Playing Flute Adorned Mandorla of the Northern Dynasties
Chapter 7 Buddhist Disciples of the Northern Dynasties
Section 1 Overview of Buddhist Disciples of the Northern Dynasties
Section 2 Standing Disciples of the Northern Qi Dynasties in the Harvard Art Museums
Section 3 Analysis on the Lotus Throne of Disciple Sculpture
Section 4 Analysis on the Clothing of Disciples
Section 5 Study of the Combination of Disciples
Section 6 The Causes of Buddhist Disciples of the Northern Dynasties
Bibliography
Index of Accession Numbers of Chinese Buddhist Art in the Harvard Art Museums, Yale University Art Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Postscript