Making a Canon: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka, and the Place of Buddhist Art - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Janice LeoshkoSeries:Buddhism and ModernityPublish date:2024-12-11Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226836065ISBN-10:226836061UPC:9780226836065Book Category:Art, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Asian, Subjects & Themes, BuddhistBook Topic:Indian & South Asian, ReligiousSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCFZ1GX1KX
Making a Canon: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Sri Lanka, and the Place of Buddhist Art
The story of how one scholar's experiences in Sri Lanka shaped the contours of the Buddhist visual canon. An early interpreter of Buddhist art to the West, Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy laid the foundation of what would become the South Asian visual canon, particularly through his efforts to understand how Buddhist art emerged and developed. In Making a Canon, Janice Leoshko examines how...
Series: Buddhism and Modernity
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226836065ISBN-10:226836061UPC:9780226836065Book Category:Art, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Asian, Subjects & Themes, BuddhistBook Topic:Indian & South Asian, ReligiousSize:9.06 x 6.06 x 1.02 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCFZ1GX1KX
Janice Leoshko is associate professor of South Asian art at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the author of Sacred Traces: British Explorations of Buddhism in South Asia.
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