ISBN:
9780824858742
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 241 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karte
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Buddhist Studies
Series Statement:
Art
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Chiu, Angela S. The Buddha in Lanna
Dissertation note:
Graduate studies School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London 2012
DDC:
730.9593
Keywords:
Gautama Buddha Statues
;
Gautama Buddha Statues
;
Thailand, Northern
;
Buddhist sculpture
;
Buddhist sculpture Thailand, Northern
;
Hochschulschrift
;
Thailand Nord
;
Buddha v563-v483
;
Buddhistische Kunst
;
Plastik
Abstract:
Introduction -- Buddha images and devotees : lineages of people and places -- Buddha images and the monkhood : monastic political power beyond the cloister -- Buddha images and place : materializing the Buddha's agency in the landscape -- Buddha images and relics : form, place, and history -- Buddha images as objects of donation : intention, wishes, and economic value in inscriptions on the bases of images -- Buddha images as objects of transferrable power : the physical and social processes of copying images
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-236) and index
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