Function and Meaning in Buddhist Art : Proceedings of a Seminar held at Leiden University 21-24 October 1991 / edited by K R van Kooij, H van der Veere.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kooij, K. R. van, editor.

Veere, H. van der, editor.

Series:

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.

Gonda indological studies ; 3.

Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000

Gonda Indological Studies ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist art and symbolism--Congresses.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Buddhist art--Congresses.

Buddhist art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Proceedings of a Seminar held at Leiden University 21-24 October 1991

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / K. R. van Kooij and H. van der Veere

Dedication / K. R. van Kooij and H. van der Veere

Preface / K. R. van Kooij and H. van der Veere

Introduction / Karel R. van Kooij

Buddhist art in medieval China: the ecclesiastical view / Erik Zürcher

Relics and reliquaries, texts and artefacts / J. Fontein

Remarks on festivals and altars in early Buddhist art / Karel R. van Kooij

Pilgrimage and the evidence of Bodhgaya's images / Janice Leoshko

Between men and gods / Claudine Bautze-Picron

Early portrait painting in Tibet / Jane Casey Singer

The role of the icon in different layers of Shingon ritual, exemplified by the figure of Aizen-Myōō / Roger Goepper

Five Secrets maṇḍala / H. Hunter

The depiction of Māra in early Buddhist art / Prithivi K. Agrawala

Mañjuśrī and his sword / Adalbert Gail

Lokeśvaras in Nepal. A living tradition? / Margriet Blom

Ruixiang at Dunhuang / Roderick Whitfield

The role of legend in Koryŏ iconography (I) The Kṣitigarbha triad in Engakuji / Youngsook Pak

The role of narrative sculpture and painting in Thailand / Nandana Chutiwongs

Buddhist art and ritual: a view from the west / Robert W. Scheller

Comparative iconology: a sociobiological approach / Jan Baptist Bedaux

Index of buddhist names and terms / K. R. van Kooij and H. van der Veere.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Function and Meaning in Buddhist Art : Proceedings of a Seminar held at Leiden University 21-24 October 1991.

ISBN:

9789004658646

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004658646 DOI

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