Empire of Emptiness : Buddhist Art and Political Authority in Qing China /
Imperial Manchu support and patronage of Buddhism, particularly in Mongolia and Tibet, has often been dismissed as cynical political manipulation. Empire of Emptiness questions this generalization by taking a fresh look at the huge outpouring of Buddhist painting, sculpture, and decorative arts Qing...
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
[2003]
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