This gilt-bronze figure of the Chinese Buddhist deity Cintamanicakra Avalokiteshvara, dating to the late Tang Dynasty, sold for $2.1 million. Photo courtesy of Sotheby's. Sarah Cascone March 22 ...

A grotto of Buddha statues from the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) in Niujiao village of Renshou county, Southwest China's Sichuan province. Photo was taken in June 2010. [Photo by Yuan Rongsun ...

She toppled the ruling Tang dynasty, used Buddhism to legitimise her power, and ousted and killed anyone who she saw as a threat. The chronicles of history, however, have not been kind to her.

Mention the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE) and I think of Robert Van Gulik's ... I won't attempt to discuss the styles and variations in Buddhist art, but many of the Tang works are conspicuously ...

The sculptural styles discovered in the Buddhist caves of the Tang Dynasty in the 7th and 8th centuries, particularly the giant sculptures in the Fengxiansi Cave are the most fully representative ...

This statue, now preserved in the Guimet Museum, is a significant example of Tang dynasty Buddhist art and stands as a testament to the spiritual and artistic legacy of the Mogao Caves—a legacy that ...

Elsewhere in the Chinese works of art: Two rare grey limestone Buddhist figures, of Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta, both from the early Tang dynasty (8th century), are being sold separately ...

My teaching procedure looks something like this: After a brief class discussion of some of the major aspects of the Tang Dynasty—art, poetry, the civil service exam, the Empress Wu, and so forth ...

Tang China also served as a model for other Asian countries and their dynasties, such as Korea and Japan. They looked to Tang Dynasty rulers in order to use their experiences to strengthen their ...

A Canadian teen has admitted to carving his name into an 8th century Buddhist temple in Japan, according to local police. The 17-year-old, who is facing a hefty fine or up to five years in prison ...

From the earliest years, Japanese Buddhist art was strongly influenced by trends in China. The Tenpyō era in Japan coincided with the height of Tang dynasty culture on the continent.