Dharma and Punya : buddhist ritual art of Nepal / Jinah Kim and Todd Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Jinah, 1976- author.

Contributor:

Lewis, Todd, 1952-

Cantor Art Gallery.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Nepal--Rituals.

Buddhism.

Buddhist art and symbolism--Nepal.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Buddhism--Rituals.

Nepal.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Hotei Publishing, 2019.

Summary:

Dharma and Punya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal' explores the centrality of ritual practices and the agency of people ? patrons, ritual specialists, devotees ? in creating and amplifying the efficacy of Buddhist art. Jinah Kim and Todd Lewis highlight the unparalleled contributions of Nepal?s artisans, patrons, and ritualists in engendering artistic heritage that is an endearing continuation of Indic Buddhist traditions. The publication presents paintings, illuminated texts, statues, and ritual implements from the Newar tradition in the Kathmandu Valley. Richly illustrated with photographs of contemporary rituals, religious observances, and historical examples, the essays provide cultural, historical and ritual contexts in which objects collected in art museums were used, and animate them. By recentering the historical imagination on communities, their rituals, and popular narrative traditions, Dharma and Pun?ya challenges prevailing misconceptions about Buddhism in the West and expand our understanding of Buddhism as a lived world religion. Contributors include: Naresh Bajracharya, Louis Coppleston, Sonali Dhingra, James Giambrone, Jinah Kim, Todd Lewis, Bruce McCoy Owens, Alexander von Rospatt and Sumon Tuladhar.

Notes:

"This publication accompanies the exhibition at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, from 13 September-14 December 2019."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-237) and index.

ISBN:

9789004416413

9004416412

OCLC:

1129276645