Before and Beyond the Image: Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art
Author:   Dietrich Seckel ,  Andreas Leisinge ,  Helmut Brinker ,  John Rosenfield
Publisher:   Museum Rietberg, Switzerland
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9783907077139


Pages:   108
Publication Date:   21 March 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Before and Beyond the Image: Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art


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First published a quarter of a century ago, Dietrich Seckel's essay remains a vital contribution to a much-debated feature of Buddhist art, its aniconism, its aversion to depicting spiritual entities of the very highest order. Unlike Judaism, early Christianity, and Islam, the Buddhist faith has not condemned the representation of holy beings or living creatures. Nonethless it believes that its most crucial spiritual insights lie beyond the power of human imagination to describe or depict. << 95 illustrations

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Author:   Dietrich Seckel ,  Andreas Leisinge ,  Helmut Brinker ,  John Rosenfield
Publisher:   Museum Rietberg, Switzerland
Imprint:   Museum Rietberg, Switzerland
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783907077139


ISBN 10:   390707713
Pages:   108
Publication Date:   21 March 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Inactive
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

Table of Contents

Introduction ANICONISM IN EARLY BUDDHIST ART--Basis in Doctrine and Worship--Symbols in Scenes of the Life of the Buddha--Groups and Combinations of Symbols--Symbolism of a Cosmological and Universal Nature--Variants of Meaning--Genesis of the Buddha Image ANICONISM IN LATER BUDDHIST ART--A Principle that Transcends History--Surviving Older Symbols--New Sybols in Mahayana Buddhism--Word, Letter, Sound--Zen Symbols Appendix--Bibliography--Glossary of Chinese-Japanese Characters--Source of Illustrations

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