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Dancing Apsara by Qi Sheng Luo: 回云阙 ♢ 罗其胜


Art by Qi Sheng Luo 罗其胜
Amazing 3D model of a Tang dynasty styled dancing Apsara (sacred Buddhist dancer)
Based on the styles of the Dunhuang cave paintings. Please check out his page
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Shazhou (Sha Prefecture,) or modern Dunhuang. It was an important convergence of all trade and pilgrimage traffic along the long neck of the Hexi Corridor. 







3D MODELING







Because of strategic location Dunhuang was frequently intermittently used as a toll station, caravansary, pilgrimage center, and military garrison. The pagoda-like design of the Mogao Caves not only provided for an imposing facade for the grottoes but was also designed so as to survive the wind blast and earthquakes endemic to the region.




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流云飞袖 said…
Waiting for YOUR new work.😁
December 8, 2019 at 2:30 AM
Der said…
I like the art, the fashion is so exotic and un-Han like. The Tang must have associated Buddhism with foreign exoticism despite Buddhism presence in China for centuries. I guess like how Europeans viewed Christianity, once an exotic import from the Middle East.
December 9, 2019 at 9:49 AM
Dragon's Armory said…
Yeah except the Mid Eastern ideas eventually became a fundemental fixture of the European identity, same with Islam across the many native Middle Eastern and Central Asian polities. Despite the great influence Buddhism reached, it was but one of many samples on the plate for the Chinese.

The Tang totally loved Buddhism- especially early Tang, but at the same time they were also great patrons of Daoists
December 13, 2019 at 4:25 PM
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