Author: Chen-Tzu LiuPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The Iconography of the White-robed Kuan-yin in the Southern Sung Dynasty (1127-1279).
Kuan-yin
Author: Chün-fang YüPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231502753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
By far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified with the royalty in South and Southeast Asia, and the Tibetans continue to this day to view the Dalai Lamas as his incarnations, in China he became a she—Kuan-yin, the "Goddess of Mercy"—and has a very different history. The causes and processes of this metamorphosis have perplexed Buddhist scholars for centuries. In this groundbreaking, comprehensive study, Chün-fang Yü discusses this dramatic transformation of the (male) Indian bodhisattva Avalokitesvara into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin—from a relatively minor figure in the Buddha's retinue to a universal savior and one of the most popular deities in Chinese religion. Focusing on the various media through which the feminine Kuan-yin became constructed and domesticated in China, Yü thoroughly examines Buddhist scriptures, miracle stories, pilgrimages, popular literature, and monastic and local gazetteers—as well as the changing iconography reflected in Kuan-yin's images and artistic representations—to determine the role this material played in this amazing transformation. The book eloquently depicts the domestication of Kuan-yin as a case study of the indigenization of Buddhism in China and illuminates the ways this beloved deity has affected the lives of all Chinese people down the ages.
Master's Theses in the Arts and Social Sciences
Author: Dictionary of Buddhist Iconography
Author: Lokesh ChandraPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Buddhism in art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Ucchu ma has a rich iconography in East Asia as the Fiery-head-vajra whose scrolls have been found at Tun-huang.The role of Agni or fire goes as far back as the Rgveda.Fire mythology can be seen in the exploits of Prometheus who brought fire from the gods and became a mythical benefactor.The Psycho- analysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard is an entrancing modern approach:ithat which burns germinatesi (p.41). The several categorisations of u as,along with the texts from which they originate,are epiphanies of supreme knowledge seen in regal concepts,like sitatapatra ewhite parasol?,vijaya evictory?,abhyudgata eexalted highnessi. U arajas figure at the head of Vidyarajas (p.3744).U avijaya is the Goddess of Supreme Victory.She was invoked during the period of Shotoku Taishi when the Japanese State was emerging as a powerful unitary force.The oldest Sanskrit manuscript of the U avijaya-dhara comes from the Horyuji monastery (AD 609). The iconography of Vairocana shows 37 types with different attributes, running into 58 pages.The classification of Vairocana has been done for the first time and it invites a fresh consideration of the interface of texts and their graphic representations to comprehend the complex system of maalas.This volume has an extensive coverage of Vairocana.
Handbook
Author: Cleveland Museum of ArtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Commencement Ceremony
Author: University of California, Davis. Graduate DivisionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Commencement ceremonies
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This Isn't a Picture I'm Holding
Author: Kathy J. PhillipsPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824840801
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The bodhisattva Kuan Yin remains one of the most popular figures in Buddhism, loved and worshiped throughout Asia for over a millennium. She arrived in Hawaii with the first Chinese plantation workers, each of whom would have kept a rice paper print of her over a small altar in his room. In this delightful book, Kathy Phillips and Joseph Singer celebrate Kuan Yin’s many incarnations in words and images that exhibit humor, poignancy, and the open-endedness of a koan. An introduction examines Kuan Yin and her place in religion, legend, art, changing social prescriptions for gender, and the everyday lives of Hawaii’s people.
Princeton University Art Museum
Author: Princeton University. Art MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"The publication of the handbook has been the occasion for the exhibition 'An educated eye: Princeton University Art Museum collections,' on view at the Princeton University Art Museum from February 23 through August 3, 2008"--T.p. vers
Paradise for Sale
Author: Liping WangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Chinese Art
Author: Patricia Bjaaland WelchPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906893
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
With over 630 striking color photos and illustrations, this Chinese art guide focuses on the rich tapestry of symbolism which makes up the basis of traditional Chinese art. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery includes detailed commentary and historical background information for the images that continuously reappear in the arts of China, including specific plants and animals, religious beings, mortals and inanimate objects. The book thoroughly illuminates the origins, common usages and diverse applications of popular Chinese symbols in a tone that is both engaging and authoritative. Chinese Art: A Guide to Motifs and Visual Imagery is an essential reference for collectors, museum-goers, guides, students and anyone else with a serious interest in the culture and history of China.