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1 online resource (249 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Formula to Honor the Buddha; 2. Presence and Memory; 3. Art as Action; 4. Word and Image; Conclusion; Appendix of Late Sites; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Step into a Burmese temple built between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries and you are surrounded by a riot of color and imagery. The majority of the highly detailed wall paintings displays Buddhist biographical narratives, inspiring the devotees to follow the Buddha's teachings. Alexandra Green goes one step further to consider the temples and their contents as a whole, arguing that the wall paintings mediate the relationship between the architecture and the main Buddha statues in the temples. This forges a unified space for the devotees to interact with the Buddha and his c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mural painting and decoration, Burmese.
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Mural painting and decoration, Burmese. |
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Buddhist art -- Burma.
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Buddhist art. |
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Burma. |
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Narrative painting -- Burma.
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Narrative painting. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Yanne, Andrew.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Green, Alexandra. Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings. HK : Hong Kong University Press, ©2018 9789888390885 |
| ISBN |
9789882204850 (electronic book) |
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9882204856 (electronic book) |
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9789888390885 |
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