Buddhist Art and Architecture

Fisher, Robert E.

ISBN 10: 0500202656 / ISBN 13: 9780500202654

Published by Thames & Hudson, 1993

Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00087946614

Synopsis:

Buddhism is the single common thread uniting the Asian world, from India to South-East Asia an through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. To guide and inspire believers, innumerable symbols and images were made, beginning in India in the third century BC. This phenomenally diverse tradition includes not only frescoes, relief carvings, colossal statues, silk embroideries and bronze ritual objects but also rock-cut shrines with a thousand Buddhas, the glorious stupas of South-East Asia and the pagodas of the far East, the massive 'mandala in stone' of Borobudur in Java and entire thirteenth-century temple complexes at Angkor in Cambodia. Robert E. Fisher concisely describes all the Buddhist schools and cultures, and explains their imagery, from Tibetan cosmic diagrams and Korean folk art to early Sri Lankan sites and Japanese Zen gardens.

Review: 'Travellers would do well to pack this handy volume in their luggage' - Asian Affairs 'A readily approachable introduction to a rich, unfamiliar aesthetic' - Los Angeles Times

Bibliographic Details

Title: Buddhist Art and Architecture
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication Date: 1993
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good