
Yungang Grottoes: The Missing Pieces Meet The Big Holes
Oh, I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece I’m lookin’ for my missin’ piece Hi-dee-ho, here I go lookin’ for my missin’ piece –The Missing Piece (Shel Silverstein, 1976) This afternoon I was doing some cataloging of images when I came across a folder from a few years back. In it I found a few photos from the Yungang Grottoes—a collection of ancient carved buddhist grottoes just outside the city of Datong in Northern China. Every year that I take student […]
Categories: China, Collecting, Museums, Photo Essays, Representation, Tourism • Tags: chinese sculpture, collections, cultural property, Cultural Revolution, Datong, Met, Metropolitan Museum of Art, sculpture, shel silverstein, unesco world heritage site, vandalism, Yungang Grottoes,云冈石窟