TY - BOOK AU - SECKEL,DIETRICH TI - THE ART OF BUDDHISM T2 - ART OF THE WORLD PY - 1964/// CY - NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PB - CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC. KW - ARTE KW - THE ART OF BUDDHISM N1 - - 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 N2 - "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" ER -