Surviving nirvana : death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture / Sonya S. Lee.
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TextPublication details: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 355 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - 9789882205826
- 9882205828
- 9882207448
- 9789882207448
- 1283016893
- 9781283016896
- 9786613016898
- 6613016896
- Death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture
- Gautama Buddha -- Enlightenment
- Gautama Buddha -- Art
- Gautama Buddha -- Art
- Gautama Buddha -- Enlightenment
- Gautama Buddha
- Buddhism in art
- Buddhism and art -- China -- History -- To 1500
- Buddhist art and symbolism -- China -- History -- To 1500
- Art, Medieval -- China -- Themes, motives
- Bouddhisme dans l'art
- Art médiéval -- Chine -- Thèmes, motifs
- RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General
- ART -- History -- General
- Art, Medieval -- Themes, motives
- Buddhism and art
- Buddhism in art
- Buddhist art and symbolism
- Enlightenment
- China
- To 1500
- 294.3/63 22
- BQ935 .L44 2010eb
- online - EBSCO
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Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online | online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Online access | Not for loan (Accesso limitato) | Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users | (ebsco)359457 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
Doubles: stone implements -- Transformation: pictorial narratives -- Family matters: nirvana caves -- Impermanent burials: relic deposits.
Print version record.
The Buddha's nirvana marks one of the pivotal moments in the history of Buddhism. This work explores how this event was made into a powerful allegory of survival in premodern China through the nirvana image.
English.