This paper is a contextualized stylistic study built around a carbon-dated book painting from a well-defined artistic corpus of Mediaeval East Central Asia. Its primary sources of evidence are Manichaean works of art from Turfan, produced under Uygur patronage (8th-11th ce. CE). These sources are subjected to a pictorial analysis that yields the recognition of four stylistic groups. Through the introduction of comparative visual sources, it is shown that the roots of two Manichaean styles are West Asian, while the other two are Chinese. The interpretation of this art historical data in light of historical sources results in new views regarding how pictorial art developed in this region. Until now it has been thought that an earlier "Persian...
The Author, who is Professor of archaeology and a specialist of rock art in Central Asia examines th...
Colour in the archaeological record is a critical yet often understudied category of inquiry. In thi...
This thesis examines the ceramics from the lron Age occupation of the site of Godin in the Kangavar ...
This paper is a contextualized stylistic study built around a carbon-dated book painting from a well...
La datation C14 du plus grand fragment de codex manichéen orné de peintures (MIK III 8259) a considé...
This dissertation attempts to reveal an aspect of the Uyghur people centered in northwestern China b...
This paper is a based on an extensive study of the available textual and visual data on a collection...
This entry is an introduction to the issue how rock art is linked to historical contexts of Central ...
The artistic contact between China and the Islamic world was initiated as early as the eighth centur...
The animal style has become an ubiquitous term in Scytho-Siberian studies, however, its overall acce...
International audienceRock paintings in Okuniev culture.-. Abstract.-The article is devoted to the u...
This paper considers the question of antiquity of shamanism in Central Asia and outlines several lin...
The Qajar Period (1794 - 1925 AD) had special features in the history of art in Iran. Art and painti...
The stone cave temples of the oasis city of Kucha in China\u27s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region we...
Animal-style art developed in the Eurasian steppelands between the VIth and IVth centuries B.C. It w...
The Author, who is Professor of archaeology and a specialist of rock art in Central Asia examines th...
Colour in the archaeological record is a critical yet often understudied category of inquiry. In thi...
This thesis examines the ceramics from the lron Age occupation of the site of Godin in the Kangavar ...
This paper is a contextualized stylistic study built around a carbon-dated book painting from a well...
La datation C14 du plus grand fragment de codex manichéen orné de peintures (MIK III 8259) a considé...
This dissertation attempts to reveal an aspect of the Uyghur people centered in northwestern China b...
This paper is a based on an extensive study of the available textual and visual data on a collection...
This entry is an introduction to the issue how rock art is linked to historical contexts of Central ...
The artistic contact between China and the Islamic world was initiated as early as the eighth centur...
The animal style has become an ubiquitous term in Scytho-Siberian studies, however, its overall acce...
International audienceRock paintings in Okuniev culture.-. Abstract.-The article is devoted to the u...
This paper considers the question of antiquity of shamanism in Central Asia and outlines several lin...
The Qajar Period (1794 - 1925 AD) had special features in the history of art in Iran. Art and painti...
The stone cave temples of the oasis city of Kucha in China\u27s Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region we...
Animal-style art developed in the Eurasian steppelands between the VIth and IVth centuries B.C. It w...
The Author, who is Professor of archaeology and a specialist of rock art in Central Asia examines th...
Colour in the archaeological record is a critical yet often understudied category of inquiry. In thi...
This thesis examines the ceramics from the lron Age occupation of the site of Godin in the Kangavar ...