Buddha: Radiant Awakening - Softcover

Jackie Menzies; Edmund Capon

9780734763228: Buddha: Radiant Awakening

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0734763220 ISBN 13: 9780734763228

Publisher: The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2002

Buddhism, a faith of perpetual evolution and regeneration, has flourished for over two thousand years and has been embraced by peoples of many cultures. Veneration for the Buddha in all his myriad forms has inspired glorious imagery that celebrates his beliefs. This magnificent book presents and discusses works of art from many countries that portray the life of Buddha and address the different ideas that have shaped the religion through the ages to the present day.
Buddha: Radiant Awakening provides illustrations of paintings, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, mandalas, and textiles, with images that range from early Indian sculptures to Japanese and Chinese scrolls, from a Tibetan tangka to a contemporary set of panels created from digital media. Each image is explained, and longer essays by authorities in the field discuss such topics as the life of Buddha, Buddhist cosmology, Buddha lands, and Buddhas of the past, present, and future. A comprehensive glossary is also included.
Lavishly illustrated with some 150 full-color photographs, this book offers a compelling example of the enduring fascination with and power of Buddha.

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Synopsis:

Interest in Buddhism is greater today than ever before as people around the world seek spiritual fulfilment and find strength in meditation. But to which Buddha do people respond: the historical Buddha Shakyamuni? The Primordial Buddha? Or perhaps the Future Buddha Maitreya? As Buddhism as evolved over time among different cultures there emerged a multitude of Buddhas. This catalogue of the forthcoming exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales features sculptures, paintings and textiles with images from the three main schools of Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana (or Tantric), and stresses the pervading universality of Buddha across all times and across geographical, cosmic and virtual space.

About the Author:

Jackie Menzies is head curator of Asian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia.

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