Latter Days of the Law : Images of Chinese Buddhism, 850-1850

by Weidner, Marsha Smith; Berger, Patricia Ann; Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

• ISBN13: 9780824816612
• ISBN10: 0824816617
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Editor's preface and acknowledgments	p. 19
Lenders	p. 23
A note on conventions and abbreviations	p. 24
Chronology	p. 25
Map	p. 29
List of figures	p. 30
Introduction	p. 33
Buddhist Pictorial Art in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644): Patronage, Regionalism, and Internationalism	p. 51
Preserving the Nation: The Political Uses of Tantric Art in China	p. 89
The Evolution of Buddhist Narrative Illustration in China after 850	p. 125
Guanyin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokiteshvara	p. 151
Depictions of the Guardians of the Law: Lohan Painting in China	p. 183
Catalogue, with introductions to Buddhism and Buddhist subjects in Chinese art	p. 214
The Temple: Ritual, Devotion, and Study	p. 215
Color plates	p. 317
Beyond the Monastery Walls: Professional Painters and Popular Themes	p. 349
from the Monks' Quarters to the Scholar's Studio	p. 417
Selected bibliography	p. 453
Index	p. 457
Photo credits	p. 481
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