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The art of Buddhism : an introduction to its history & meaning / Denise Patry Leidy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Shambhala : Distributed in the United States by Random House, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: ix, 342 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1590305949 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781590305942 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Contents:
Pillars and stupas: second century B.C.E. to third century C.E -- The Buddha image: second to seventh century -- Caves and caravans: India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China -- China: A new dimensions sixth to ninth century -- Korea and Japan: sixth to ninth century -- South Asia: regional styles and changes in religious thought, eighth to twelfth century -- The Himalayan region: Nepal, Kashmir, Ladakh, and Tibet, eighth to twelfth century -- Southeast Asia: diffusion and divergence -- China under foreign rule: tenth to fourteenth century -- Aristocrats and warriors in Korea and Japan: tenth to fourteenth century -- Early Sino-Tibetan traditions: twelfth to fifteenth century -- The Dalai Lamas in Tibet: sixteenth to nineteenth century -- Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand: fifteenth to nineteenth century -- Ming, Manchu, and Mongol in China: fifteenth to eighteenth century -- Revivals in Korea and Japan: sixteenth to nineteenth century.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 704.948943 L527 Available 33111005565599
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the earliest period through the 19th century, from every country in Asia where Buddhism has flourished, this book is a survey of the world of Buddhist art which features both its images and the philosophy behind them.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-322) and index.

Pillars and stupas: second century B.C.E. to third century C.E -- The Buddha image: second to seventh century -- Caves and caravans: India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China -- China: A new dimensions sixth to ninth century -- Korea and Japan: sixth to ninth century -- South Asia: regional styles and changes in religious thought, eighth to twelfth century -- The Himalayan region: Nepal, Kashmir, Ladakh, and Tibet, eighth to twelfth century -- Southeast Asia: diffusion and divergence -- China under foreign rule: tenth to fourteenth century -- Aristocrats and warriors in Korea and Japan: tenth to fourteenth century -- Early Sino-Tibetan traditions: twelfth to fifteenth century -- The Dalai Lamas in Tibet: sixteenth to nineteenth century -- Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand: fifteenth to nineteenth century -- Ming, Manchu, and Mongol in China: fifteenth to eighteenth century -- Revivals in Korea and Japan: sixteenth to nineteenth century.

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