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Book Synopsis Buddhist Treasures from Nara by : Michael R. Cunningham
Download or read book Buddhist Treasures from Nara written by Michael R. Cunningham and published by Hudson Hills Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This magnificent volume commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, mostly from the Nara National Museum, on their first visit to the West. Here are 87 transcendent masterpieces: archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture, crafts, and calligraphy from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, works that capture Buddhism's yearning for a state of grace and for communion with the divine.
Book Synopsis Buddhist Treasures from Nara by : Michael R. Cunningham
Download or read book Buddhist Treasures from Nara written by Michael R. Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Eastern Temple by : John M. Rosenfield
Download or read book The Great Eastern Temple written by John M. Rosenfield and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Handbook of the Old Shrines and Temples and Their Treasures in Japan by : Japan. Monbushō. Shūkyōkyoku
Download or read book Handbook of the Old Shrines and Temples and Their Treasures in Japan written by Japan. Monbushō. Shūkyōkyoku and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Treasures of the Buddha by : Tom Lowenstein
Download or read book Treasures of the Buddha written by Tom Lowenstein and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasures of the Buddha presents, in stunning color photographs, a vivid portrait of Buddhism including its teachings and its great treasures -- from its place of origin in northern India and out among the different kingdoms and empires of central, southern and eastern Asia.
Download or read book Kannon written by Katharina Epprecht and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kannon, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, is probably Japan's most popular Buddhist deity. Images of Kannon - who hears the cries for help of all beings in distress - are the main focus of worship in many Japanese temples. The Museum Rietberg presents an exceptional selection of the most beautiful sculptures and paintings from the seventh to the fourteenth century, some of which have never been seen before outside Japan or which are rarely accessible even to the Japanese public."--Jacket
Book Synopsis A Complete Guide to Nara by : Aisaburō Akiyama
Download or read book A Complete Guide to Nara written by Aisaburō Akiyama and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Age of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture, AD 600-1300 by : Kyōtarō Nishikawa
Download or read book The Great Age of Japanese Buddhist Sculpture, AD 600-1300 written by Kyōtarō Nishikawa and published by Art Media Resources. This book was released on 1982 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Catalog of the first exhibition of classic Japanese sculpture to tour the United States. The period represented, the seventh to the fourteenth centuries, was the definitive age in the history of this art form, encompassing its introduction from Korea, its assimilation, flourishing, and decline. The fifty-two pieces included in the show were drawn from active temples and major museum collections.
Download or read book Nara written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Art of Buddhism by : Denise Patry Leidy
Download or read book The Art of Buddhism written by Denise Patry Leidy and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As its teachings spread from the Indian subcontinent in all directions across Asia, Buddhism influenced every culture it touched—from Afghanistan to Korea, from Mongolia to Java. Buddhist art is a radiant reflection of the encounter of the Buddha’s teachings with the diverse civilizations that came under their sway. It is also an intriguing visual record of the evolution of Buddhist practice and philosophy over a period of more than two millennia. More than two hundred photographs provide the visual context for this tour of the world of Buddhist art. Included in the rich variety of forms are architecture and monumental art, statuary, paintings, calligraphy, fresco, brushwork, and textile arts. Denise Leidy’s guide is the perfect introductory text for all those intrigued by this splendid aesthetic tradition. It also an essential resource for all who seek to understand Buddhist art as teaching.
Book Synopsis Historical Nara by : Herbert E. Plutschow
Download or read book Historical Nara written by Herbert E. Plutschow and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Temple Treasures of Japan by : Garrett Chatfield Pier
Download or read book Temple Treasures of Japan written by Garrett Chatfield Pier and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan by : Yui Suzuki
Download or read book Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan written by Yui Suzuki and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-12-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This profusely illustrated volume illuminates the primacy of icons in disseminating the worship of the Medicine Master Buddha (J: Yakushi Nyorai) in Japan. Suzuki’s meticulous study explicates how the devotional cult of Yakushi, one of the earliest Buddhist cults imported to Japan from the continent, interacted and blended with local beliefs, religious dispositions, and ritual practices over the centuries, developing its own distinctive imprint on Japanese soil. Worship of the Medicine Master Buddha became most influential during the Heian period (794–1185), when Yakushi’s popularity spread to different levels of society and locales outside the capital. The large number of Heian-period Yakushi statues found all across Japan demonstrates that Yakushi worship was an integral component of Heian religious practice. Medicine Master Buddha focuses on the ninth-century Tendai master Saichō (767–822) and his personal reverence for a standing Yakushi icon. The author proposes that, after Saichō’s death, the Tendai school played a critical role in popularizing the cult of this particular icon as a way of memorializing its founding master and strengthening its position as a major school of Japanese Buddhism. This publication offers a fresh perspective on sculptural representations of the Medicine Master Buddha (including the famous Jingoji Yakushi), and in so doing, reconsiders Yakushi worship as foundational to Heian religious and artistic culture.
Book Synopsis Behold the Buddha by : James C. Dobbins
Download or read book Behold the Buddha written by James C. Dobbins and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Images of the Buddha are everywhere—not just in temples but also in museums and homes and online—but what these images mean largely depends on the background and circumstance of those viewing them. In Behold the Buddha, James Dobbins invites readers to imagine how premodern Japanese Buddhists understood and experienced icons in temple settings long before the advent of museums and the internet. Although widely portrayed in the last century as visual emblems of great religious truths or as exquisite works of Asian art, Buddhist images were traditionally treated as the very embodiment of the Buddha, his palpable presence among people. Hence, Buddhists approached them as living entities in their own right—that is, as awakened icons with whom they could interact religiously. Dobbins begins by reflecting on art museums, where many non-Buddhists first encounter images of the Buddha, before outlining the complex Western response to them in previous centuries. He next elucidates images as visual representations of the story of the Buddha’s life followed by an overview of the physical attributes and symbolic gestures found in Buddhist iconography. A variety of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, and other divinities commonly depicted in Japanese Buddhism is introduced, and their “living” quality discussed in the context of traditional temples and Buddhist rituals. Finally, other religious objects in Japanese Buddhism—relics, scriptures, inscriptions, portraits of masters, and sacred sites—are explained using the Buddhist icon as a model. Dobbins concludes by contemplating art museums further as potential sites for discerning the religious character of Buddhist images. Those interested in Buddhism generally who would like to learn more about its rich iconography—whether encountered in temples or museums—will find much in this concise, well-illustrated volume to help them “behold the Buddha.”
Download or read book Res written by Francesco Pellizzi and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-15 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, among others.
Book Synopsis Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art, 1600–2005 by : Patricia J. Graham
Download or read book Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art, 1600–2005 written by Patricia J. Graham and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art explores the transformation of Buddhism from the premodern to the contemporary era in Japan and the central role its visual culture has played in this transformation. Although Buddhism is generally regarded as peripheral to modern Japanese society, this book demonstrates otherwise. Its chapters elucidate the thread of change over time in the practice of Buddhism as revealed in temple worship halls and other sites of devotion and in imagery representing the religion’s most popular deities and religious practices. It also introduces the work of modern and contemporary artists who are not generally associated with institutional Buddhism and its canonical visual requirements but whose faith inspires their art. The author makes a persuasive argument that the neglect of these materials by scholars results from erroneous presumptions about the aesthetic superiority of early Japanese Buddhist artifacts and an asserted decline in the institutional power of the religion after the sixteenth century. She demonstrates that recent works constitute a significant contribution to the history of Japanese art and architecture, providing evidence of Buddhism’s compelling presence at all levels of Japanese society and its evolution in response to the needs of new generations of supporters.
Book Synopsis Courtly Splendor by : Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Download or read book Courtly Splendor written by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
