Buddhist Art and Architecture
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Buddhist Art and Architecture by Robert E Fisher
Buddhism is the single common thread uniting the Asian world, from India to South-East Asia an through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. To guide and inspire believers, innumerable symbols and images were made, beginning in India in the third century BC. This phenomenally diverse tradition includes not only frescoes, relief carvings, colossal statues, silk embroideries and bronze ritual objects but also rock-cut shrines with a thousand Buddhas, the glorious stupas of South-East Asia and the pagodas of the far East, the massive 'mandala in stone' of Borobudur in Java and entire thirteenth-century temple complexes at Angkor in Cambodia. Robert E. Fisher concisely describes all the Buddhist schools and cultures, and explains their imagery, from Tibetan cosmic diagrams and Korean folk art to early Sri Lankan sites and Japanese Zen gardens.
'A readily approachable introduction to a rich, unfamiliar aesthetic' - Los Angeles Times
'Travellers would do well to pack this handy volume in their luggage' - Asian Affairs
'Travellers would do well to pack this handy volume in their luggage' - Asian Affairs
| SKU | CIN0500202656VG |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500202654 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500202656 |
| Title | Buddhist Art and Architecture |
| Author | Robert E Fisher |
| Series | World Of Art |
| Condition | Very Good |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-05-24 |
| Number of pages | 216 |
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