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Author Lee, Sonya S.

Title Surviving nirvana : death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture / Sonya S. Lee.

Publication Info. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 355 pages) : illustrations
Art language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-346) and index.
Contents Doubles: stone implements -- Transformation: pictorial narratives -- Family matters: nirvana caves -- Impermanent burials: relic deposits.
Summary The Buddha's nirvana marks one of the pivotal moments in the history of Buddhism. This work explores how this event was made into a powerful allegory of survival in premodern China through the nirvana image.
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Subject Gautama Buddha -- Enlightenment.
Gautama Buddha.
Enlightenment.
Gautama Buddha -- Art.
Buddhism in art.
Buddhism in art.
Buddhism and art -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Buddhism and art.
China.
History.
Chronological Term To 1500
Subject Buddhist art and symbolism -- China -- History -- To 1500.
Buddhist art and symbolism.
Art, Medieval -- China -- Themes, motives.
Art, Medieval.
Themes, motives.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Art.
History.
Art.
Added Title Death of the Buddha in Chinese visual culture
Other Form: Print version: Lee, Sonya S. Surviving nirvana. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2010 9789622091252 (DLC) 2010381370 (OCoLC)489002992
ISBN 9789882205826 (electronic book)
9882205828 (electronic book)
9789882205833 (e-book)
9882205836 (e-book)
9789622091252
9622091253