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Buddhist practice and visual culture : the visual rhetoric of Borobudur
Author
Title
Buddhist practice and visual culture : the visual rhetoric of Borobudur / Julie Gifford.
ISBN
0203829816
9780203829813
0415780985
9780415780988
Published
New York : Routledge, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 222 pages) : illustrations
Local Notes
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Summary
This is the first study to provide an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia. Including both the narrative reliefs and the Buddha images, the book opens up a wealth of information on Mahayana Buddhist religious ideas and practices that could have informed Borobudur and it convincingly interprets Borobudur within that context. Presenting new material, the book contributes immensely to a new and better understanding of the significance of the Borobudur for the field of Buddhist and Religious Studies.
Variant and related titles
Taylor & Francis. EBA 2024-2025.
Other formats
Print version: Gifford, Julie. Buddhist practice and visual culture. New York : Routledge, 2011
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2024
Series
Routledge critical studies in Buddhism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Borobudur: monumental mandala and bodhisattva path
Carving out time: the narrative relief panels
Piecing together space: the panorama of the purified field
Pervading space: bodhisattva activity in the cosmic panorama
To emptiness and back: the transformative work of the terraces.
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
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