The Confluence between Art History and Dunhuang Studies

With comprehensive and integrated documents, descriptive and abundant images, logical and accurate descriptions, and concise academic writing, The Art History of Dunhuang Grottoes written by Zhao Shengliang, Zhang Yuanlin, Ma Yuhua, Wang Jie, and Li Min has realized the horizontal expansion and vertical extension of the art history research of the Dunhuang caves. It is obviously a monumental work after A Study of the Dunhuang Paintings by Matsumoto Eiichi and marked an important turning point in Dunhuang Studies and art history research in the twenty-first century. A work of great academic value across multiple disciplines, The Art History of Dunhuang Grottoes will certainly exert extensive and profound influence on future related research.