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Word Embodied The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art.

"Examines the Japanese Buddhist jeweled pagoda mandala paintings, unpacking their revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Neal, Halle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : BRILL, 2018.
Colección:Harvard East Asian monographs.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • WORD EMBODIED: The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art
  • CONTENTS
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Performance and Iconicity in the Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas
  • 2. The Historical Context of the Mandalas
  • 3. Medieval Textual Images
  • 4. Dharma Relics in Medieval Japan
  • 5. Buddhist Reliquaries and Somatic Profusions
  • Conclusion: Creating a Salvific Matrix of Text and Body
  • List of Names and Terms
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • HARVARD EAST ASIAN MONOGRAPHS