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Violence and Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture from Indonesia
Natasha Reichle
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Description for Violence and Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture from Indonesia
Hardcover. Offers an examination of some of the impressive Buddhist works from East Java and Sumatra and explores their political and religious roles. Following a brief discussion of the early history of Buddhism in Indonesia, this work focuses each chapter on a specific statue or group of statues and considers the larger issues evoked by the images. Num Pages: 320 pages, 121 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMN; 3H; AFKB; AGR; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 957.
The mention of Buddhism in Indonesia calls to mind for many people the Central Javanese monument of Borobudur, one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world and the subject of extensive scholarly scrutiny. The neglect of scholarship on Buddhist art from later periods might lead one to assume that after the tenth century Buddhism had been completely eclipsed by the predominantly Hindu Eastern Javanese dynasties. Yet, as the works discussed here illustrate, extraordinary Buddhist images were still being produced as late as the fourteenth century. ""Violence and Serenity"" offers a close examination of some of the impressive works from ... Read more
The mention of Buddhism in Indonesia calls to mind for many people the Central Javanese monument of Borobudur, one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world and the subject of extensive scholarly scrutiny. The neglect of scholarship on Buddhist art from later periods might lead one to assume that after the tenth century Buddhism had been completely eclipsed by the predominantly Hindu Eastern Javanese dynasties. Yet, as the works discussed here illustrate, extraordinary Buddhist images were still being produced as late as the fourteenth century. ""Violence and Serenity"" offers a close examination of some of the impressive works from ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824829247
SKU
V9780824829247
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About Natasha Reichle
Natasha Reichle is associate curator of Southeast Asian art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
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