Buddhist Practice and Visual Culture: The Visual Rhetoric of Borobudur

ISBN-13: 9781138784765 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 228 str.

Julie Gifford

Opis

This study provides 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 interprets Borobudur within that context.

Recenzje

"Gifford has covered so much ground in this book... this is a terrific book that had to be written." - Nick Ford, Mahidol University, Thailand; ASEASUK News No. 52, Autumn 2012

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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