Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan

Hiromitsu, Washizuka

Comparing Korean and Japanese Buddhist art, this volume explores the cultural, ideological and artistic exchange between the two countries during the 6th-9th centuries, when Buddhism took hold throughout northeast Asia. Buddhist sculptures in gilt bronze, wood and stone are the main focus of this work, which contains essays by Korean, Japanese and American scholars.

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A majestic exhibition catalogue documenting the profound aesthetic and spiritual transmission of early Buddhist sculpture across Korea and Japan.

EAN

9780913304549

Publisher

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.

Published

1 May 2003

Pages

384

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