Word Embodied The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art.

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: O'Neal, Halle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston : BRILL, 2018.
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs.
Subjects:
Honʼyaku iin shachū > Japan
Mandala (Buddhism) > Japan.
Buddhist art > Japan.
Words in art.
Mandala in art.
Painting, Japanese.
Pagodas > Japan.
Art bouddhique > Japon.
Mots dans l'art.
Mandala dans l'art.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice.
Buddhist art
Mandala (Buddhism)
Mandala in art
Pagodas
Painting, Japanese
Words in art
Buddhistische Kunst
Mandala
Japan
Hochschulschrift.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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