The Art of Buddhism An Introduction to Its History and Meaning

by Leidy, Denise Patry

• ISBN13: 9781590306703
• ISBN10: 1590306708
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-06
• Publisher: Shambhala

Summary

More than two hundred photographs-most in stunning full colour-provide the visual context for this tour of the world of Buddhist art. From the earliest second-century B.C.E. archaeological evidence to the nineteenth century, this book showcases the marvellous variety of Buddhist art through the ages, from every country and region where Buddhism has influenced the culture in a significant way, including India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Burma and all the regions of Southeast Asia. Included in the rich variety of forms are architecture and monumental art, statuary, paintings, calligraphy, fresco, brushwork, and textile arts. Denise Leidy's guide is a perfect text for courses on Asian and Buddhist art-but it is also accessible enough to be enjoyed by anyone with an interest in Buddhism or Asian art.

Author Biography

Denise Patry Leidy is curator of the Department of Asian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. She is the author of numerous articles, and coauthor, with Robert A. F. Thurman, of Mandala: The Architecture of Enlightenment.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: Siddhartha/shakyamuni: His Lives and Teachings	p. 1
Map	p. 6-7
Pillars and Stupas: Second Century B.C.E. to Third Century C.E	p. 9
The Buddha Image: Sedond to Seventh Century	p. 31
Caves and Caravans: India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China	p. 57
China: A New Dimension, Sixth to Ninth Century	p. 81
Korea and Japan: Sixth to Ninth Century	p. 101
South Asia: Regional Styles and Changes in Religious Thought, Eighth to Twelfth Century	p. 127
The Himalayan Region: Nepal, Kashmir, Ladakh, and Tibet, Eighth to Twelfth Century	p. 147
Southeast Asia: Diffusion and Divergence	p. 163
China Under Foreign Rule: Tenth to Fourteenth Century	p. 189
Aristocrats and Warriors in Korea and Japan: Tenth to Fourteenth Century	p. 205
Early Sino-Tibetan Traditions: Twelfth to Fifteenth Century	p. 231
The Dalai Lamas in Tibet: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century	p. 247
Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Century	p. 263
Ming, Manchu, and Mongol in China: Fifteenth to Eighteenth Century	p. 277
Revivals in Korea and Japan: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century	p. 291
Notes	p. 305
Selected Bibliography	p. 309
Credits	p. 323
Index	p. 337
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