Archaeological and Visual Sources of Meditation in the Ancient Monasteries of Kuča - Couverture rigide

Howard, Angela; Vignato, Giuseppe

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004278575 ISBN 13 : 9789004278578

Editeur : Brill, 2014

Synopsis

In Archaeological and Visual Sources of Meditation in the Ancient Monasteries of Kuča, Angela F. Howard and Giuseppe Vignato use diverse methodological approaches from archaeology, art history and religious studies to reconstruct monastic life and practices in the rock monasteries on the northern Silk Route (ca. 200-650). Analysis of the caves' function, meditation manuals, and the cave murals highlights the centrality of meditation, a fundamental duty of Kuča monastics. This interdisciplinary study utilizes hitherto unpublished line drawings, maps, and photographs to reconstruct and interpret the architecture and décor of Kuča caves, thus revealing the close links between the spiritual and the physical, between doctrinal teaching and practice and the lay-out and décor of the monasteries.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Angela F. Howard, Professor of Asian Art, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey is the author of The Imagery of the Cosmological Buddha, E. J. Brill 1986, Summit of Treasures, Weatherhill 2001, and co-author of Chinese Sculpture, Yale 2006.
Giuseppe Vignato, Professor of Archaeology, Peking University, is the author of Districts and Groups, an Archaeological Investigation of the Rock Monasteries of Kucha (in Chinese), Shanghai Classics Publisher, 2013, in addition to several articles and translations in Chinese of Western scholarly publications.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004278575
• ISBN 13: 9789004278578
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 236
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible