Surviving nirvana : death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture / Sonya S. Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Sonya S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism and art.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (373 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Buddha's nirvana marks the end of the life of a great spiritual figure and the beginning of Buddhism as a world religion. Surviving Nirvana is the first book in the English language to examine how this historic moment was represented and received in the visual culture of China, of which the nirvana image has been a part for over 1,500 years. --Mining a selection of well-documented and well-preserved examples from the sixth to twelfth centuries, Sonya Lee offers a reassessment of medieval Chinese Buddhism by focusing on practices of devotion and image-making that were inspired by the Buddha

Contents:

Contents; Maps and Tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Introduction; Chapter One - Doubles: Stone Implements; Chapter Two - Transformation: Pictorial Narratives; Chapter Three - Family Matters: Nirvana Caves; Chapter Four - Impermanent Burials: Relic Deposits; Epilogue; Appendices Chinese Texts of Inscriptional Materials; Abbreviations; Notes; Character List; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

988-220-744-8

1-283-01689-3

9786613016898

988-220-582-8

OCLC:

707092903