Chinese steles : pre-Buddhist and Buddhist use of a symbolic form /
"Buddhist steles represent an important subset of early Chinese Buddhist art that flourished during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period (386-581). More than two hundred Chinese Buddhist steles are known to have survived. Their brilliant imagery has long captivated scholars, yet until now...
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Language: | English |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaii Press,
©2004.
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Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Ancient roots of the Chinese stele tradition
- The origins and rise of Han steles
- The origins of Buddhist steles under the northern Wei
- General characteristics of Buddhist steles
- The initial flourishing of Buddhist steles in Shanxi
- The Maitreya faith and Henan steles
- The Shaanxi school : Buddhist-Daoist elements and ethnic diversity
- Buddhist steles from the Gansu-Ningxia region
- Monumental complex steles and further developments in Mahāyāna Buddhist iconography
- Sichuan Buddhist steles and the beginnings of pure land imagery in China.