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| Buddhism in Korea: Korean Buddhist Sculpture, Korean Buddhism, Shurangama Mantra, Gongyo, List of Buddhist Temples in Seoul, Jikji, Seokguram | ||
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| 出版日期 | 2010.09.15 |
| 頁次 | 208 |
| 出版者 | Books LLC |
| 出版者網址 | http://general-books.net/about.cfm |
| 出版地 | Memphis, TN, US [曼非斯, 田納西州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 書籍=Book |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | Chapters: Korean Buddhist Sculpture. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 206. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Korean Buddhist sculpture is one of the major areas of Korean art. Some of the finest and most technically accomplished Buddhist sculpture in East Asia were produced in Korea. Buddhism, a religion originating in what is now India, was transmitted to Korea via China in the late fourth century. Buddhism introduced major changes in Korean society. The complexity of the religious sutras sent to Korea required the aristocrats who adopted the religion to become literate and required the training and importation of literate scribes. Little evidence of religious art exists in Korea before the introduction of Buddhism. Subsequent to its introduction, the religion inspired the production of devotional art as well as the beginnings of sophisticated temple architecture. Images of the Buddha were probably first imported by monks sent from China and the Buddhist sculpture of Korea is indebted to prototypes developed in India, Central Asia, and China. From these influences, a distinctive Korean style formed. Korean Buddhas typically exhibit Korean facial characteristics, were made with native casting and carving techniques, and employed only some of the motifs that were developed earlier in Buddhist art. Additionally, Korean artisans fused together different styles from different regions with their own tastes to form a native art tradition. Korean art is too often incorrectly described in Western literature as merely a passive bridge transmitting Chinese art to Japan. One area of Korean art where this is decidedly not the case is in Korean Buddhist sculpture. Korean stylistic developments and forms were greatly influential in the Asuka, Hakuh, and Tenpyo periods of Japanese Buddhist sculpt...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8512021 |
| ISBN | 9781156733158 (pbk); 1156733154 (pbk) |
| 點閱次數 | 268 |
| 建檔日期 | 2010.12.31 |
| 更新日期 | 2010.12.31 |
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