The Origin of the Buddha Image - Couverture rigide

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8121502225 ISBN 13 : 9788121502221

Editeur : Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

Coomaraswamy has laid bare the facts which clearly show that the Buddha image was a product of the Indian mind. In this detailed excursus, he has discussed the problem not only with a view to prove that the Buddha image originated out of the pre-existing Indian forms, but has also taken pains to disprove the theories of those scholars with whom "Indo-Greek art has become a veritable obsession." Coomaraswamy has divided the work into the following heads: (1) What is the Buddha image?, (2) The early representation of deities by means of symbols, (3) The necessity for a Buddha image, (4) Elements of the later anthropomorphic iconography already present in early Indian art, (5) Style and content: differentiation of Indian and Hellenistic types, and (6) Dating of Gandhara and Mathura Buddhas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8121502225
• ISBN 13: 9788121502221
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 46
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible