Dynamics Of Interregional Exchange In East Asian Buddhist Art 5th 13th Century

Author : Dorothy C. Wong
Publisher : Vernon Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781648895463

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Dynamics of Interregional Exchange in East Asian Buddhist Art, 5th–13th Century by Dorothy C. Wong Pdf

This volume examines the various patterns of trans-regional exchanges in Buddhist art within East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) in the medieval period, from the fifth to the thirteenth centuries. A traditional approach to the study of East Asian Buddhist art revolves around the notion of an artistic relay: India was regarded as the source of inspiration for China, and China in turn influenced artistic production in the Korean peninsula and Japan. While this narrative holds some truth, it has the implicit baggage of assuming that art in the host country is only derivative and obscures a deep understanding of the complexity of transnational exchanges. The essays in this volume aim to go beyond the conventional query of tracing origins and mapping exchanges in order to investigate the agency of the “receivers” with contextual case studies that can expand our understanding of artistic dialogues across cultures. The volume is divided into three sections. In Section I, “Transmission and Local Interpretations,” the three chapters by Jinchao Zhao, Li-kuei Chien, and Hong Wu all address topics of transnational transmission of Buddhist imagery, their figural styles, and subsequent alterations or adaptations based on local preferences and interpretations. Buddhism had important impacts on East Asian countries in the political dimension, especially when the religion and certain Buddhist sutras and deities were believed to have state-protecting properties. The chapters by Dorothy C. Wong, Imann Lai, and Clara Ma in Section II, “Buddhism and the State,” attend to the political aspect of Buddhism in visual representation. Section III, “Iconography and Traditions,” includes chapters by Sakiko Takahashi, Suijun Ra, and Tamami Hamada that closely study the cross-border transmission of and subtle variations in iconography and style of specific Buddhist deities, notably deities of esoteric strands that include the Thousand-Armed Avalokiteśvara (Bodhisattva of Compassion).

Author : Marylin M. Rhie
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Art, Buddhist
ISBN : 9004128484

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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia by Marylin M. Rhie Pdf

Volume two of Marylin Rhie's widely acclaimed and formative multi-volume work presents a comprehensive, scholarly and detailed study of the Buddhist art of China and Central Asia from 316-439 A.D. during the formative early periods of Buddhism in the Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period. Using texts translated from the Chinese together with stylistic and technical analyses, the chronology and sources of the art are more clearly defined than in previous studies for the regions of South and North China (other than Kansu) and the important sites of Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr on the Northern Silk Route in eastern Central Asia. Furthermore, by incorporating extensive religious and historical materials, this work not only contributes to clarifying the regional characteristics of the art, but also offers new insights into the broader, interregional relationships of this politically fragmented period.

Author : Dorothy C. Wong
Publisher : NUS Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018-04-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789814722599

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Buddhist Pilgrim-Monks as Agents of Cultural and Artistic Transmission by Dorothy C. Wong Pdf

The period ca. 645-770 marked an extraordinary era in the development of East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist art. Increased contacts between China and regions to both its west and east facilitated exchanges and the circulation of ideas, practices and art forms, giving rise to a synthetic art style uniform in both iconography and formal characteristics. The formulation of this new Buddhist art style occurred in China in the latter part of the seventh century, and from there it became widely disseminated and copied throughout East Asia, and to some extent in Central Asia, in the eighth century. This book argues that notions of Buddhist kingship and theory of the Buddhist state formed the underpinnings of Buddhist states experimented in China and Japan from the late seventh to the mid-eighth century, providing the religio-political ideals that were given visual expression in this International Buddhist Art Style. The volume also argues that Buddhist pilgrim-monks were among the key agents in the transmission of these ideals, the visual language of state Buddhism was spread, circulated, adopted and transformed in faraway lands, it transcended cultural and geographical boundaries and became cosmopolitan.

Author : Dietrich Seckel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015027488678

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Buddhist Art of East Asia by Dietrich Seckel Pdf

Author : Marylin Martin Rhie
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1635 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004391864

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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 2 The Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period in China and Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr in Central Asia (2 vols) by Marylin Martin Rhie Pdf

Volume two of Marylin Rhie’s widely acclaimed and formative multi-volume work presents a comprehensive, scholarly and detailed study of the Buddhist art of China and Central Asia from 316-439 A.D. during the formative early periods of Buddhism in the Eastern Chin and Sixteen Kingdoms Period. Using texts translated from the Chinese together with stylistic and technical analyses, the chronology and sources of the art are more clearly defined than in previous studies for the regions of South and North China (other than Kansu) and the important sites of Tumshuk, Kucha and Karashahr on the Northern Silk Route in eastern Central Asia. Furthermore, by incorporating extensive religious and historical materials, this work not only contributes to clarifying the regional characteristics of the art, but also offers new insights into the broader, interregional relationships of this politically fragmented period.

Author : Jindal Bae,Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch,Helmut Brinker,Antje Papist-Matsuo,Petra H. Rösch,Lilla Russel-Smith,Petra Maurer,Juliane Noth,Kensuke Nedachi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3897396416

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Ritual and Representation in Buddhist Art by Jindal Bae,Jeong-hee Lee-Kalisch,Helmut Brinker,Antje Papist-Matsuo,Petra H. Rösch,Lilla Russel-Smith,Petra Maurer,Juliane Noth,Kensuke Nedachi Pdf

This publication investigates the ritual and cultural contexts in which art and representations of Buddhist thought were used in East and Central Asia. The book contains nine essays by specialists in the field. The contributions range from the Buddhist cult of relics in ancient China and material evidences for Buddhist rituals of confession and repentance in North Chinese cave temples of the 6th and early 7th centuries to aspects of cultural exchange, regional innovation, and traditions of imperial workmanship as means of dynastic power. The development of popular iconographies based on Avatamsaka doctrine in Tang China and the Korean kingdom of unified Silla is discussed.

Author : Marylin Martin Rhie
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1017 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004190191

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Early Buddhist Art of China and Central Asia, Volume 3 by Marylin Martin Rhie Pdf

Presenting new studies on the chronology and iconography of Buddhist art during the Western Ch'in (385-431 A.D.) in northwest China, including Ping-ling ssu and Mai-chi shan, this book addresses issues of dating, textual sources, the five-Buddhas, and relation with Gandhara.

Author : K.R. van Kooij,H. van der Veere
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004658646

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Function and Meaning in Buddhist Art by K.R. van Kooij,H. van der Veere Pdf

What was the function of Buddhist art at the time Buddhism was a major religion in large areas of South, East, and South-East Asia? Can we establish what these sculptures and paintings meant to Buddhist believers living at a time when this art fulfilled important religious needs? These questions are discussed, not answered, in a volume about ‘Function and Meaning of Buddhist Art’ which contains the papers of a workshop on this theme held at Leiden University in 1991. While dealing with a variety of themes and subject-matter, sometimes in great detail, sixteen specialists focus on ritual and semantic aspects of Buddhist works of art from countries such as India, China, Japan, Tibet, Thailand, and Indonesia. Recent non-western art-historical publications show an increasing tendency to work with methodological frameworks developed by specialists on western art. Moreover, there are more similarities between Buddhist and other religious art ‘than, literally, meet the eye’. For this reason, two comparative studies are included in which parallels and universals are brought forward. Two main lines emerge in the results offered in this book, the one indicating a tendency to focus on intended meanings; the other concentrating on more than one level of reception of Buddhist art in a liturgical context.

Author : Alfred Foucher
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Art
ISBN : 8120609026

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The Beginnings of Buddhist Art by Alfred Foucher Pdf

Author : San San May,Jana Igunma
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780295744490

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Buddhism Illuminated by San San May,Jana Igunma Pdf

Buddhist temples in Southeast Asia are centers for the preservation of local artistic traditions. Chief among these are manuscripts, a vital source for our understanding of Buddhist ideas and practices in the region. They are also a beautiful art form, too little understood in the West. The British Library has one of the richest collections of Southeast Asian manuscripts, principally from Thailand and Burma, anywhere in the world. It includes finely painted copies of Buddhist scriptures, literary works, historical narratives, and works on traditional medicine, law, cosmology, and fortune-telling. Buddhism Illuminated includes over one hundred examples of Buddhist art from the Library’s collection, relating each manuscript to Theravada tradition and beliefs, and introducing the historical, artistic, and religious contexts of their production. It is the first book in English to showcase the beauty and variety of Buddhist manuscript art and reproduces many works that have never before been photographed.

Author : A. S. Bhalla
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12
Category : Buddhism
ISBN : 1784550590

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Buddhist Art in Asia by A. S. Bhalla Pdf

Buddhism, which originated in India in the sixth century BC, faded into near oblivion by the thirteenth century. However, it spread to other countries in Asia, and along with it, Buddhist art. Like many other religions, Buddhism found expression in the art and architecture of the various cultures it touched. Tracing the Indian influence on Buddhist art in Asia is a central theme of this book.Dr A.S. Bhalla investigates how representations of Buddha, Buddhism and Buddhist art evolved between regions and between epochs. From India to Thailand and Burma and eventually to China the religion grew in influence only to die and thrive again in different forms. With it grew different forms of Buddhist art (architecture, sculpture and painting) from Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka in South Asia to Cambodia, Indonesia and Thailand in Southeast Asia, and China, Japan and South Korea in East Asia. How could the monks, normally mendicants surviving on alms, afford to build impressive monasteries and cave temples? Did royal patronage promote Buddhist art? Why did the Tantric branch emerge? How did Buddhism survive Islam and co-exist with Hinduism? How and why was human form of Buddha depicted even though Buddhism did not believe in idol worship? Bhalla investigates these and other questions in the shadows of the architecture, the murals, and sculptures of Buddha.The book contains rich illustrations of temples, monasteries and stupas as well as paintings and sculptures from a number of holy Buddhist sites including Ajanta, Amaravati, Bharhut, Bodhgaya, Ellora, Karle, Sanchi and Sarnath in India, Sirigiya in Sri Lanka, Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and Banteay Srei in Cambodia, Ayutthaya and Bangkok in Thailand, Dali in China and Kamakura and Nikko Toshugo in Japan.

Author : Patricia Karetzky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1470085925

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Chinese Buddhist Art by Patricia Karetzky Pdf

Buddhism has played a crucial role in the development of China's extraordinarily rich and varied visual arts tradition. From the vivid cave paintings of the early medieval period (fifth century) to elaborate contemporary Buddhist temples, Buddhism has manifested itself in every art form and influenced every major period of art in China. This book provides a succinct yet richly detailed history of Buddhist art in China. It describes the rise of the religion in India and its transmission to China;outlines the stylistic and technical development and iconographical themes of Buddhist art throughout all its major periods; explains Mahayana Buddhist art in China and its pantheon; and describes the features unique to Chan, Esoteric, and popular Buddhist art. It is an excellent primer for anyone new to the subject, as well as invaluable source of recent research and excavations for experts.

Author : Fondazione Thyssen-Bornemisza
Publisher : Mondadori Electa
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN : STANFORD:36105016879871

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Lost Empire of the Silk Road by Fondazione Thyssen-Bornemisza Pdf

Author : Sylvia Fraser-Lu,Donald Martin Stadtner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300209457

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Buddhist Art of Myanmar by Sylvia Fraser-Lu,Donald Martin Stadtner Pdf

A stunning showcase of exceptional and rare works of Buddhist art, presented to the international community for the first time The practice of Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma) has resulted in the production of dazzling objects since the 5th century. This landmark publication presents the first overview of these magnificent works of art from major museums in Myanmar and collections in the United States, including sculptures, paintings, textiles, and religious implements created for temples and monasteries, or for personal devotion. Many of these pieces have never before been seen outside of Myanmar. Accompanied by brilliant color photography, essays by Sylvia Fraser-Lu, Donald M. Stadtner, and scholars from around the world synthesize the history of Myanmar from the ancient through colonial periods and discuss the critical links between religion, geography, governance, historiography, and artistic production. The authors examine the multiplicity of styles and techniques throughout the country, the ways Buddhist narratives have been conveyed through works of art, and the context in which the diverse objects were used. Certain to be the essential resource on the subject, Buddhist Art of Myanmar illuminates two millennia of rarely seen masterpieces.

Author : Reginald Le May
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058225999

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Buddhist Art in South-east Asia by Reginald Le May Pdf