Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings.

By:

Green, Alexandra [Author]

Contributor(s):

Yanne, Andrew

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9789882204850
9882204856

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Genre/Form:

Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

ND2833 .B833 2018

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Subject: 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.

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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	ND2833.6 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		on1031966695

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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