Main entry:

Lee, Sonya S., author.

Title & Author:

Surviving nirvana : death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture / Sonya S. Lee.

Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010.

Description:

xv, 355 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
Doubles : stone implements -- Transformation : pictorial narratives -- Family matters : nirvana caves -- Impermanent burials : relic deposits -- Appendices : Chinese texts of inscriptional materials. The Chicago Stele ; The Shanxi Stele ; The Shengli Stele from Mogao Cave 332 ; The Dali Stele from Mogao Cave 148 ; From the Jingzhi Monastery Pagoda Crypt ; From the Jingzhong Cloister Pagoda Crypt.

Summary:

"The Buddha's nirvana marks the end of the life of a great spiritual figure and the beginning of Buddhism as a world religion. [book title] is the first book in the English language to examine how this historic moment was represented and received in the visual culture of China. It is also a study about a pictoral image that has been in use for over 1,500 years."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9789622091252 (hbk.)
9622091253 (hbk.)

Subject:

Gautama Buddha Enlightenment.
Gautama Buddha Art.
Gautama Buddha.
Buddha v563-v483
Buddhism in art.
Buddhism and art China History To 1500.
Buddhist art and symbolism China History To 1500.
Art, Medieval China Themes, motives.
Bouddhisme dans l'art.
Art médiéval Chine Thèmes, motifs.
Art, Medieval Themes, motives
Buddhism and art
Buddhist art and symbolism
Enlightenment
Buddhistische Kunst
Kunst.
Buddhism i konsten historia.
Buddhistisk konst historia.
Kinesisk konst historia.
China

Form/genre:

Art
History

Added entries:

Death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture

Holdings:

Location: Library main 268911
Call No.: BIB 200817
Status: Available