ISBN:
9780195385021
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 398 S.
,
Ill
,
25 cm
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Cort, John E., 1953 - Framing the Jina
DDC:
294.4/37
Keywords:
Jaina symbolism History
;
Jaina sculpture
;
Jaina symbolism History
;
Jaina sculpture
;
Jainismus
;
Plastik
;
Ikone
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Lives, frames, terms -- The archaeology of Jina images -- Icons and cosmology : a cosmos filled with eternal icons and temples -- The spread of icons in our world -- The lifetime "living Lord" icon of Mahavira : anxiety about the authenticity of icons -- Idols and a history of corruption -- The inevitability of tangible form : a natural theology of icons -- Framing the Jina
Description / Table of Contents:
Lives, frames, terms -- The archaeology of Jina images -- Icons and cosmology : a cosmos filled with eternal icons and temples -- The spread of icons in our world -- The lifetime "living Lord" icon of Mahavira : anxiety about the authenticity of icons -- Idols and a history of corruption -- The inevitability of tangible form : a natural theology of icons -- Framing the Jina.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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