John Miksic

Borobudur (eBook, ePUB)

Golden Tales of the Buddhas
Fotograf: Tranchini, Anita; Tranchini, Marcello

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With vivid photography and insightful commentary, this travel pictorial shines a light on the Buddhist art and architecture of Borobudur.

The glorious ninth-century Buddhist stupa of Borobudur--the largest Buddhist monument in the world--stands in the midst of the lush Kedu Plain of Central Java in Indonesia, where it is visited annually by over a million people.

Borobudur contains more than a thousand exquisitely carved relief panels extending along its many terraces for a total distance of more than a kilometer. These are arranged so as to take the visitor on a spiritual journey to enlightenment, and one ascends the monument past scenes depicting the world of desire, the life story of Buddha, and the heroic deeds of other enlightened beings--finally arriving at the great circular terraces at the top of the structure that symbolizes the formless world of pure knowledge and perfection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tuttle Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781462909100
• Artikelnr.: 37973557

Autorenporträt

John N. Miksic, an archaeologist born in the USA, has lived in Southeast Asia since 1968. He has written numerous books on Indonesian sites and artifacts.