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Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings.

Step into a Burmese temple built between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries and you are surrounded by a riot of color and imagery. The majority of the highly detailed wall paintings displays Buddhist biographical narratives, inspiring the devotees to follow the Buddha's teachin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Green, Alexandra
Otros Autores: Yanne, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Formula to Honor the Buddha; 2. Presence and Memory; 3. Art as Action; 4. Word and Image; Conclusion; Appendix of Late Sites; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.