Ordinary Images
Abe, Stanley K.
ISBN 10: 0226000443 ISBN 13: 9780226000442
Published by University of Chicago Press, 2002
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Synopsis:
This text explores the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In contrast to the works made for imperial patrons, illustrious monastics, or other luminaries, these ordinary images - modest in scale, mass-produced, and at times incomplete - were created for those of lesser standing. Because they cannot be related to well-known historical figures or social groups, these images have been considered a largely nebulous, undistinguished mass of works. Situating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese popular art, Stanley K. Abe examines works (including some of the earliest known examples of Buddha-like images in China) that were commissioned by patrons of modest standing and produced by nameless artists and artisans.
About the Author: Stanley K. Abe is an associate professor of Chinese art history in the Department of Art and Art History at Duke University.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Ordinary Images
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: hardcover
Condition: Very Good