THE ART OF BUDDHISM.
Material type: TextSeries: ART OF THE WORLDPublication details: CROWN PUBLISHERS, INC. NEW YORK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1964Description: 331 18 x 21 cmSubject(s):Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Libros | Biblioteca Guillermo Furlong | 7.032.1:294.3 S 444 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 011675 |
- 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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