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
Main Author: O'Neal, Halle (Author, Verfasser.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Honʼyaku iin shachū > Japan
Buddhistische Kunst
Mandala
Words in art.
Painting, Japanese.
Pagodas.
Mandala in art.
Mandala (Buddhism)
Buddhist art.
Pagodas > Japan.
Buddhist art > Japan.
Mandala (Buddhism) > Japan.
Japan.
Hochschulschrift.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"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, scripture, and body in religious doctrine, praxis, and art" ... Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 pages): Illustrationen
ISBN:9781684175888

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