How to read Buddhist art / Kurt Behrendt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Behrendt, Kurt A., 1964-

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Series:

How to read (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)) ; 7.

How to read ; [7]

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Asian Art--Catalogs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Buddhist art--Catalogs.

Buddhist art.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

136 pages : illustrations ; 7 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2019]

Summary:

"For more than 2,000 years, artworks have captured essential aspects of Buddhist thought. How to Read Buddhist Art introduces this vast visual tradition to a general audience with 60 seminal artworks from The Met's collection. Reliquaries, sculptures, and paintings produced in China, the Himalayas, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia provide insight into the complex iconography of Buddhism while also addressing the technical virtuosity of their makers and the social and political climate in which they were made." -- Yale Books website.

An indispensable introduction to the evolution of Buddhist imagery from its origins in India through its spread to China, Japan, and South Asia. For more than 2,000 years, sublime works of art have been created to embody essential aspects of Buddhist thought, which developed and evolved as its practice spread from India to East Asia and beyond. How to Read Buddhist Art introduces this complex visual tradition to a general audience by examining sixty seminal works. Beginning with the origins of representations of the Buddha in India, and moving on to address the development of Buddhist art as the religion spread across Asia, this book conveys how Buddhist philosophy affected artistic works and practice across cultural boundaries. Reliquaries, sculptures, and paintings produced in China, the Himalayas, Japan, Korea, and South and Southeast Asia provide insight into the rich iconography of Buddhism, the technical virtuosity of their makers, and the social and political climate in which they were created. Beautiful photographs of the artworks, maps, and a glossary of the major Buddhist deities offer an engaging and informative setting in which readers-regardless of their familiarity with Buddhism-can better understand the art related to the religion's practices and representations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 130-132).

Local Notes:

Balch Ethnic Studies Collection

ISBN:

1588396738

9781588396730

OCLC:

1138986263

Publisher Number:

16121172