Buddha in Dunhuang

Professor Duan Wenjie graduated from the Department of Chinese Painting at Chongqing National College of Fine Arts (now the Central Academy of Fine Arts) in 1945 and joined the National Dunhuang Art Institute in July 1946 as Acting Head of the Archaeological Group; in 1950, he became Head of the Fine Arts Group of the Dunhuang Institute of Cultural Relics and acting director of the Dunhuang Institute of Cultural Relics; in 1980, he became First Deputy Director of the Dunhuang Institute of Cultural Relics. He was appointed honorary professor at Tokyo University of the Arts in 1986 and retired as honorary director of the Dunhuang Academy in 1998. He died in 2011. Twelve years after his decease, he is still considered the doyen of the Dunhuang Studies in China. He has spent a lifetime preserving, studying, documenting, and propagating the art of Dunhuang.

Part I.- Chapter One. Dunhuang Art During the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Northern Dynasties.- Chapter Two. The Art of the Mogao Caves in the First Half of the Tang Dynasty.- Chapter Three. The Art of the Mogao Caves in the Second Half of the Tang Dynasty.- Chapter Four. The Art of the Mogao Caves in the Last Phase.- Part II.- Chapter Five. Stylistic Features and Artistic Achievements of Early Dunhuang Murals.- Chapter Six. A Study of Sui Dynasty Murals in the Mogao Caves.- Chapter Seven. Mogao Murals in the Early Tang Period.- Part III.- Chapter Eight. Attire and Adornments in Dunhuang Murals.- Chapter Nine. A Study of the Depictions of Xuanzang's Pilgrimage.