VIDEO: Creating Replicas of Buddhist Cave Temples at the Mogao Grottoes

Artistic traditions of replication in Buddhist practice allow modern audiences to enjoy age-old art

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Apr 15, 2016

Full-size replicas of the Mogao cave temples allow people unable to visit the caves themselves (near Dunhuang, China) to experience Buddhist art from the fourth to 14th centuries.

Learn how artists from the Dunhuang Academy’s Fine Arts Institute create the replica caves.

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