SECKEL, DIETRICH

THE ART OF BUDDHISM. , UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC. 1964 - 331 18 x 21 cm - ART OF THE WORLD .

- 55 colored plates. - 73 drawings. - Maps. - Translated by de Ann E. Keep.

List of plates. - List of figures and maps. - Foreword. - Introduction Oecumenical unity of Buddhist art. - PART I The spread of Buddhist art through Asia. - PART II Types and forms. - Appendices Appendix of plates. Maps. Chronological tables. Bibliography. Index.

"In this book Proffesor Dietrich Seckel surveys the whole area, ranging from India to China and Japan, from the earliest times to the modern age". "Other figures in the Buddhism hierarchy are also dealt with, and the volume ends with a penetrating study of the significance of Buddhist art in terms of world history".


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