LUOYANG / HENAN / CARVED STONE / ENDURING FORM
Longmen Grottoes
Time, given form.
THE PLACE / IN BRIEF
A story before
the object.
Carved into limestone cliffs along the Yi River, Longmen preserves a major body of Buddhist sculpture. Its most intensive carving dates from the late fifth to the mid-eighth century.
Cultural source ↗A CONTEMPORARY CATHORA READING
We look at depth, line and changing light — a starting point for contemporary relief, rather than a claim that every mountain motif comes from a historic carving.
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