Julie Gifford

Buddhist Practice and Visual Culture

The Visual Rhetoric of Borobudur

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780415780988
• ISBN-10: 0415780985
• Artikelnr.: 31893285

Autorenporträt

Julie Gifford is Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Religions at Miami University of Ohio.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Borobudur: Monumental Mandala and Bodhisattva Path 2.
Carving Out Time: The Narrative Relief Panels 3. Piecing Together Space:
The Panorama of the Purified Field 4. Pervading Space: Bodhisattva Activity
in the Cosmic Panorama 5. To Emptiness and Back: The Transformative Work of
the Terraces