Surviving Nirvana Death of the Buddha in Chinese Visual Culture /
Lee, Sonya S.
The Buddha's nirvana marks the end of the life of a great spiritual figure and the beginning of Buddhism as a world religion. Surviving Nirvana is the first book in the English language to examine how this historic moment was represented and received in the visual culture of China, of which the nirvana image has been a part for over 1,500 years. --Mining a selection of well-documented and well-preserved examples from the sixth to twelfth centuries, Sonya Lee offers a reassessment of medieval Chinese Buddhism by focusing on practices of devotion and image-making that were inspired by the Buddha
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Contents; Maps and Tables; Acknowledgements; Conventions; Introduction; Chapter One - Doubles: Stone Implements; Chapter Two - Transformation: Pictorial Narratives; Chapter Three - Family Matters: Nirvana Caves; Chapter Four - Impermanent Burials: Relic Deposits; Epilogue; Appendices Chinese Texts of Inscriptional Materials; Abbreviations; Notes; Character List; Bibliography; Index
The Buddha's nirvana marks the end of the life of a great spiritual figure and the beginning of Buddhism as a world religion. Surviving Nirvana is the first book in the English language to examine how this historic moment was represented and received in the visual culture of China, of which the nirvana image has been a part for over 1,500 years. --Mining a selection of well-documented and well-preserved examples from the sixth to twelfth centuries, Sonya Lee offers a reassessment of medieval Chinese Buddhism by focusing on practices of devotion and image-making that were inspired by the Buddha
Description based on print version record.
Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha
Art, Medieval
Buddhist art and symbolism
Buddhism and art
Buddhism in art.