Description: Before and Beyond the Image : Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art, Paperback by Seckel, Dietrich; Leisinger, Andreas (TRN); Brinker, Helmut (EDT); Rosenfield, John (EDT), ISBN 390707713X, ISBN-13 9783907077139, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
"Published a quarter-century ago, Dietrich Seckels essay remains a vital contribution to a much-debated feature of Buddhist art, its aniconism, its aversion to depicting spiritual entities of the very highest order. Unlike Judaism, early Christianity, and Islam, he explains, the Buddhist faith has not condemned the representation of holy beings or living creatures. Nonetheless it believes that its most crucial spiritual insights lie beyond the power of human imagination to describe or depict; the visual arts can allude to them only obliquely, through omission on the use of non-iconic figures. This discrepancy between the practical, ritual functions of the work of art and concepts of ultimate sanctity, Seckel suggests, has affected Buddhist arts throughout Asia, particularly those of the Meditation School (Chan, or Zen) in China and Japan. " - From the Introduction
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Book Title: Before and Beyond the Image : Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art
Number of Pages: 108 Pages
Publication Name: Before and Beyond the Image : Aniconic Symbolism in Buddhist Art
Language: English
Publisher: Holberton Publishing, Paul
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Asian / General
Publication Year: 2008
Item Weight: 16 Oz
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Item Length: 10 in
Author: Dietrich Seckel
Subject Area: Art
Item Width: 7.5 in
Format: Hardcover
