Word embodied: the jeweled pagoda mandalas in Japanese Buddhist art
"Examines the Japanese Buddhist jeweled pagoda mandala paintings, unpacking their revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries...
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published by the Harvard University Asia Center
2018
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Harvard East Asian monographs (412)
Année: 2018 |
| Collection/Revue: | Harvard East Asian monographs
412 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Japan
/ Art bouddhiste
/ Mandalas
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Buddhist art
Japan
B Mandala in art B Pagodas B Painting, Japanese B Mandala (Buddhism) Japan B Painting, Japanese Themes, motives B Words in art B Buddhist art B Mandala (Buddhism) (Japan) B Pagodas Japan B Buddhist art (Japan) B Pagodas (Japan) B Mandala (Buddhism) B Words in art Japan |
| Résumé: | "Examines the Japanese Buddhist jeweled pagoda mandala paintings, unpacking their revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries, scripture, and body in religious doctrine, praxis, and art"--Provided by publisher |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0674983866 |