Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art In addition to detailed individual discussions of fifty masterpieces—a heterogeneous group in. In this lavish, comprehensive volume, archaeological discoveries and scientific testing and analysis serve as the basis for a reassessment
| TITLE | : | Wisdom Embodied: Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Sculpture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| RATING | : | 4.66 (954 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0300192606 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 256 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2012-10-28 |
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The Metropolitan Museum’s collection of Chinese Buddhist and Daoist sculpture is the largest in the Western world. In this lavish, comprehensive volume, archaeological discoveries and scientific testing and analysis serve as the basis for a reassessment of 120 works ranging in date from the fourth to the twentieth century, many of them previously unpublished and all of them newly and beautifully photographed. An introductory essay provides an indispensable overview of Buddhist practices and iconography—acquainting us with the panoply of past, present, and future Buddhas, bodhisattvas, monks and arhats, guardians and adepts, pilgrims and immortals—and explores the fascinating dialogue between Indian and Chinese culture that underlies the transmission of Buddhism into China.In addition to detailed individual discussions of fifty masterpieces—a heterogeneous group in
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