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January 27, 2012
Katherine R. Tsiang Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan Exh. cat. Chicago: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, 2010. 257 pp.; 160 color ills. Paper $45.00 (9780935573503)

Exhibition schedule: Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, September 30, 2010–January 16, 2011; Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, February 26–July 31, 2011; Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, September 11, 2011–January 8, 2012; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, February 18–May 27, 2012

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2012.12

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Seated Bodhisattva. Freer Gallery of Art. Gift of Charles Lang Freer. F1913.5.

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The exhibition Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan focuses on sculptural fragments from, and the subsequent digital reconstruction of, the Buddhist cave temple site of Xiangtangshan, located in Hebei Province in northern China. The inception of the site dates to the short-lived yet prolific Northern Qi Dynasty (550–577), the subject of the accompanying international conference held at the Freer Gallery on June 3–5, 2011. The name Xiangtangshan may be translated as...