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Books on: buddhist sculpture

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Amaravati: Buddhist Sculpture from the Great Stupa

Book by Douglas Barrett; British Museum Press, 1954

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Art, Buddhist, Sculpture--India--Amaravati

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...rather actual examples of its sculpture, moving westwards. 86 Also...architecture, 87 than for its sculpture, which is as meagre in quantity...contains a fair amount of sculpture. It is unequal in quality...86 A map of the many Buddhist sites in Hyderabad awaiting...
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Sculpture of Japan, from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Century

Book by William Watson; The Studio, 1959

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Art, Buddhist, Sculpture, Japanese

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Sculpture of Japan In its progress...China and Japan the Buddhist religion implanted traditions...carve. Like our western sculpture the whole of Buddhist sculpture can be looked...sight of. In much of Buddhist sculpture the aim is precisely...
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The Buddhist Architecture of Gandhara

Book by Kurt A. Behrendt; Brill, 2004

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Architecture, Buddhist--Gandhara (Pakistan And Afghanistan), Sculpture, Buddhist--Gandhara (Pakistan And Afghanistan), Sculpture, Gandhara--Gandhara (Pakistan And Afghanistan)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Anthropomorphic depictions of non-Buddhist deities clearly appealed to...dishes decorated with relief sculpture, com- monly referred to...found in Sirkap and the later Buddhist narrative tradi- tion. The...artistic styles. Some later Buddhist narrative panels display these...
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Japanese Sculpture

Book by Seiroku Noma, M. G. Mori; Board of Tourist Industry Japanese Government Railways, 1939

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Art, Buddhist, Sculpture--Japan

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

of all elements of Buddhist art, but on a magnified scale. Architectural sculpture, which had hitherto been only a little in evidence in Buddhist temples, came into great...appreciation, whereas the Buddhist sculpture of the period produced...
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Gandhara Sculpture from Pakistan Museums

Book by Benjamin Rowland Jr.; Asia Society, 1960

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Art, Buddhist--Exhibitions, Sculpture, Gandhara--Exhibitions, Sculpture--Pakistan--Peshawar District--Exhibitions

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...for a Chronology of Gandhara Sculpture," Transactions of the Oriental...Western Aspects of Gandh ra Sculpture," Proceedings of the British...Alfred C. A. Beginnings of Buddhist Art . Paris, 1917...miy n: Their Influences on Buddhist Sculpture," Eastern Art...

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Journal Articles on: buddhist sculpture

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Canonizing Kannon: the Ninth-century Esoteric Buddhist Altar at Kanshinji

Journal article by Cynthea J. Bogel; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002

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Art history, Buddhism, Mosques & temples, Sculpture

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...characterization of Esoteric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhist icons, almost exclusively through a description...reflect general trends in scholarship for Buddhist sculpture during the late nineteenth century. Buddhist art was rehabilitated during the Meiji...
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Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology of India and Burma

Journal article by Peter Skilling; Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific, Vol. 44, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Tracing Thought through Things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology of India and Burma (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Jas. Burgess, The Buddhist Stupas of Amaravati...Sivaramamurti, Amaravati Sculptures in the Madras Government...Study of the Indian Buddhist Inscriptions (Kyoto...International Association of Buddhist Studies 20.1 (1997...Buddhism in Cities, Sculptures and Texts (Cambridge...
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Amy McNair. Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Scripture

Journal article by Michael Saso; China Review International, Vol. 16, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Donors of Longmen: Faith, Politics, and Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Scripture (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

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...Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Scripture. by Michael Saso...Patronage in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Scripture. Honolulu: University...descriptions and illustrations of Buddhist art and sculpture in the Longmen caves and grottoes...
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Switching Sites and Identities: the Foudner's Statue at the Buddhist Temple Korin' in

Journal article by Gregory P. Levine; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 83, 2001

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Art criticism, Art history, Buddhism, Japan, Jofu, Shokei (1475-1536), Sculpture, Social life & customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...mother, who took the Buddhist name Tenzuiin (d...differentiated and decorated sculpture chapels (Fig. 23...boxes (hakogaki).127 Buddhist icons, such as the...1978 survey of portrait sculpture in Kyoto.34 Several...preoccupation of the Chan/ Zen Buddhist tradition from its earliest...
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Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India

Journal article by Richard Salomon; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 124, 2004

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Books--Book reviews, Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient India (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

Buddhist Reliquaries from Ancient...Cribb, and "Early Indian Sculpture" by Willis. The catalogue...reliquaries as well as of some sculptures and other related objects...types of relic vessels in Buddhist literature and inscriptions...section, "Early Indian Sculpture," Willis compares the sculpture...

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Magazine Articles on: buddhist sculpture

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Carved Chiseled & Cut

Magazine article by Gussie Fauntleroy, Bonnie Gangelhoff; Southwest Art, Vol. 33, July 2003

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Brady, Robert, Collections, Harris, Marc, Pearson, David, Sculpture, Visual artists

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...could easily accompany a sculpture almost 7 feet tall. This...shows in August-the annual Sculpture in the Park in Loveland...Obrzut also wants to use her sculptures as a teaching tool. "I...else has gone," she says. Sculpture by Obrzut is on view in August...days he is known for his. Buddhist-inspired bronze and steel...
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Worshipped Plundered Digitized

Magazine article by Lauren Viera; Humanities, Vol. 31, November 2010

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Art history, Buddhism, Caves, Colleges & universities, Computer science, Fairs & exhibitions, Research & development--R&D, Sculpture

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...looking at a piece of Buddhist art created in China...youre looking at a sculpture that once lived in...Buddha, so Buddha sculptures abound. Because many...written about where the sculptures came from." In the...of ancient Chinese sculpture, Northern Qi relics...region, Xiangtangshans sculptures became orphans, their...
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Anish Kapoor: Barbara Gladstone Gallery

Magazine article by Donald Kuspit; Artforum International, Vol. 43, September 2004

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Art exhibitions--Criticism and interpretation, Kapoor, Anish--Criticism and interpretation, Kapoor, Anish--Exhibitions, Sculpture--Criticism and interpretation, Sculpture--Exhibitions, Sculpture--New York

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...Minimalism, Kapoors sculptures ingeniously reject...of herself--the sculpture seems peculiarly empathic...statement that his "void" sculptures deal with "experience...concern" echoes the Buddhist doctrine of the void...the artists material sculpture. Kapoors sculptures afford a lived experience...
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Complete Engagement: Embodied Response in Art Museum Education

Magazine article by Olga M. Hubard; Art Education, Vol. 60, November 2007

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Art education, Learning, Sculpture

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Gradually, a section of the sculptures complicated design begins...following the carved lines on the sculptures surface, viewers go beyond...completes a distinct paper sculpture. In some of the students...experience of centeredness. Other sculptures feature a number of rounded...that are fundamental to the Buddhist spirituality. Specifically...
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History in the Media

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 51, May 2001

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Afghanistan--Religion, African Americans--Records and correspondence, Beatification--Public opinion, British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.--Foreign operations, Cities and towns, Ruined, extinct, etc.--Sudan, Congenital heart disease--Research, Cowgill, Rachel--Management, Ferguson, Niall--Works, Franco, Francisco--Biography, Freedman's Bank (Database)--History, Gautama Buddha--Monuments, statues, etc., Gogh, Vincent van--Research, Heritage Lottery--Contributions, gifts, etc., Irving, David--Cases, Italy--Antiquities, John Paul II, Pope--Management, Judas Maccabaeus (Music)--Management, Libel and slander--Cases, London, England--Antiquities, Mormon Church--Services, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus--Works, Museum of London, London, England--Exhibitions, Museums--Exhibitions, Olsen, Donald--Research, Reed Publishing (USA) Inc. Heinemann Publishing--Management, Royal Geographical Society--Exhibitions, Saxons in England--Antiquities, Sculpture--Antiquities, Soap operas--Research, Sri Lanka--Religion, Statues--Cases, Sudan--Antiquities, Taliban--Military policy, Television broadcasting industry--Foreign operations, The Cash Nexus (Book)--Sources, White House at Night (Painting)--Research

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...around 1500 years ago, and smaller Buddhist images in Afghan museums have been...The prime minister of the mainly Buddhist Sri Lanka, offered to buy any remaining pre-Islamic Afghan sculptures to save them from destruction. (March...investigation, a stolen 1st-century AD Roman sculpture has been tracked down and returned...

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Newspaper Articles on: buddhist sculpture

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Show Casts 'New Light' on Buddhist Sculptures

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 20, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...casts New Light on Buddhist sculptures Byline: Joanna Shaw...the exhibit "Chinese Sculpture in a New Light" at...at Chinese Buddhist sculptures in a more informed...time, and genuine sculptures were sold along with...expectations of an ancient sculpture hacked from a wall...
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Multiple Cultures Meld in Sculpture by Gauguin: Artist Introduced Global Perspective

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 24, 1996

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Gauguin, Paul

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. It opened Wednesday...a rare wood Gauguin Hina sculpture (1892) in the Hirshhorns...only about two dozen Gauguin sculptures exist in the world - and expertly shows how the Hina sculpture comes out of both Western...frontality, while Hindu and Buddhist traditions influenced the...
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Spirit of the Buddhas; Sackler Displays 35 Limestone Sculptures

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 20, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...for viewing early Chinese sculpture in Shandong, such as those...This was a rich site for Buddhist sculpture, as influences traveled...Standing Buddha." The largest sculpture found at Qingzhou is the...expression of the Qingzhou sculptures. For Buddhists, he symbolizes otherworldly...
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Out of This World; Bhutan Is the Strangest Place on Earth: Everyone Wears Uniform, Archery Is Compulsory and Sculptures Are Made of Butter. Charlotte Eagar Boldly Goes Where Few Westerners Have Gone Before

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 1, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Archery Is Compulsory and Sculptures Are Made of Butter. Charlotte...650,000, many of whom are Buddhist monks, and is about the size...walks, the chance to see Buddhist monks and a people who are...This year the great Paro Buddhist festival was on 24 March...
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Loulan Vanished in Sand; Silk Road Oasis Town Flourished for Eight Centuries

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 14, 2005

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China, Han, Hedin, Sven

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...animals. Hedin also found a wooden Buddhist sculpture that helped scholars understand the...with monasteries, temples, stupas, Buddhist scriptures, sculptures and art. Travelers and Buddhist pilgrims in the region from that time...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: buddhist sculpture

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Japanese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...placed around tomb mounds. Buddhist and Chinese Influences The...based on Chinese Horyoji sculpture based on Korean models...The Nara Period In the sculpture of the Nara period (710...taste can be seen in the sculpture of Jocho (11th cent...demand for paintings and sculptures portraying officials, warriors...
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Chinese Art

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of metal and stone inlays. Buddhist Art The advent of Buddhism...different character. Works of sculpture, painting, and architecture...dramatic work. Major sites of Buddhist art in cave temples include...ssu. For about 600 years Buddhist sculpture continued to flourish...
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Bodh Gaya

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Buddha received enlightenment in Bodh Gaya. The city has extensive relics of Buddhist sculpture (8th 12th cent. a.d.) and is the seat of Magadh Univ. Buddhist pilgrims from throughout the world travel there...
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Peshawar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...was the capital of the ancient Greco-Buddhist center of Gandhara . The Kushan leader...attacks. Peshawar has a museum containing Buddhist relics and Gandhara sculpture, a 2d-century Buddhist stupa bearing an inscription by Kanishka...
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Southeast Asian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of deities both Hindu and Buddhist. The ancient kingdom of...follow the inspiration of Thai sculpture. Vietnamese Art The Champa...art is best typified by the sculpture associated with architecture...dominant force. Siamese bronze sculpture of Buddhist figures in the...as far north as Cambodia. Sculptures from 9th-century Hindu...

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