Relying on rare, virtually unpublished drawings on Buddhist themes from a medieval library in western China, this study analyses the painters' pictorial strategies, revealing artists' dependency on concrete tools such as sketches in the preparation of wall painting.
Relying on rare, virtually unpublished drawings on Buddhist themes from a medieval library in western China, this study analyses the painters' pictorial strategies, revealing artists' dependency on concrete tools such as sketches in the preparation of wall painting.