Add this copy of The Image of the Buddha to cart. $23.46, poor condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1978 by Serindia Publications.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 2550grams, ISBN: 9231014269.
Add this copy of The Image of the Buddha to cart. $125.51, like new condition, Sold by Books of the World rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Arlington, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1978 by Serindia Publications.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Fine book in a Fine jacket. Unmarked. Spine straight and sound. Jacket clean and bright. Not from a library. No remainder mark. London: Serindia Publications and Paris: UNESCO, 1978. Hardcover. Beige silk over boards with gilt lettering and decorations. 482 pages. Illustrated with 353 black and white and color photographs. Maps, Chronology, Glossary, and a 12-page Bibliography. Heavy item: extra charges for expedited or international shipping. This massive and multidisciplinary work examines the images of the Buddha and of Buddhahood over 2500 years in many different parts of Asia. The authors situate the images within religious, national, spiritual, and anthropological contexts. Both rigorous and readable, this book helps one appreciate the beauty and power an image of a very early Indian Buddha but also seeks to explain why the Buddha appears so different in, say, Japan several centuries later. Contents: I. The first symbols of the Buddha. 1. The essential nature of a Buddha; 2. Early Buddha symbols II. The Buddha in human form. 1. Cultural and historical background; 2. The Ganges-Jumna (Ganga-Yamuna) Valley; 3. Gandhara; 4. Andhradesa (Krishna Valley) III. Maturity and efflorescence in India. 1. Cultural and historical background; 2. The Ganges-Jumna (Ganga-Yamuna) Valley; 3. Gandhara; 4. Western India; 5. Andhradera and South India IV. The Buddgah image in the rest of Asia. 1. Geographical and cultural considerations; 2. Sri Lanka and South-East Asia up to the 10th Century A.D. 139; 3. Kashmir and Nepal; 4. Afghanistan and Central Asia; 5. China: growth and maturity; 6. Korea; 7. Japan V. Later variations and developments. 1. India: the last stages; 2. Sri Lanka and South-East Asia (10th-19th Centuries); 3. Kashmir and Nepal; 4. Tibet and Mongolia; 5. Central Asia; 6. China: the post-T'ang periods; 7. Korea: the Koryo period (A.D. 918-1392); 8. Japan VI. The symbol as the ultimate Buddha image.
