Format:
246 Seiten
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9789004416413
,
9004416412
Content:
Dharma and Punya: Buddhist Ritual Art of Nepal' explores the centrality of ritual practices and the agency of people ? patrons, ritual specialists, devotees ? in creating and amplifying the efficacy of Buddhist art. Jinah Kim and Todd Lewis highlight the unparalleled contributions of Nepal?s artisans, patrons, and ritualists in engendering artistic heritage that is an endearing continuation of Indic Buddhist traditions. The publication presents paintings, illuminated texts, statues, and ritual implements from the Newar tradition in the Kathmandu Valley. Richly illustrated with photographs of contemporary rituals, religious observances, and historical examples, the essays provide cultural, historical and ritual contexts in which objects collected in art museums were used, and animate them. By recentering the historical imagination on communities, their rituals, and popular narrative traditions, Dharma and Pun?ya challenges prevailing misconceptions about Buddhism in the West and expand our understanding of Buddhism as a lived world religion. Contributors include: Naresh Bajracharya, Louis Coppleston, Sonali Dhingra, James Giambrone, Jinah Kim, Todd Lewis, Bruce McCoy Owens, Alexander von Rospatt and Sumon Tuladhar
Note:
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Dharma and Puṇya: Buddhist ritual art of Nepal at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, from 12 September - 14 December 2019
Language:
English
Keywords:
Nepal
;
Newār
;
Buddhismus
;
Ritus
;
Nepal
;
Vajrayāna
;
Ritus
;
Nepal
;
Buddhistische Kunst
;
Ritus
;
Bildband
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