| Description |
xvi, 294 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
The infinite moment. Claude Monet, 1840-1926 -- Vincent van Gogh, 1853-1890 -- Paul Gauguin, 1848-1903 -- Odilon Redon, 1840-1916 -- Other dimensions. Wassily Kandinsky, 1866-1944 -- Constantin Brancusi, 1876-1957 -- Marcel Duchamp, 1887-1968 -- Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887-1986 -- The space of art. Isamu Noguchi, 1904-1988 -- Ad Reinhardt, 1913-1967 -- Yves Klein, 1928-1962 -- Jasper Johns, 1930- -- The sound of the mind. John Cage, 1912-1992 -- Nam June Paik, 1932- -- Yoko Ono, 1933- -- Laurie Anderson, 1947- -- Light and insight. Agnes Martin, 1912-2004 -- Robert Irwin, 1928- -- Vija Celmins, 1938- -- Richard Tuttle, 1941- |
| Summary |
"Smile of the Buddha explores the influences of Asian worldviews and particularly Buddhism on the art of Europe and America during the modern era. In her informative introduction and essays on twenty well-known artists, Jacquelynn Baas analyzes how the teachings of the Buddha offered alternatives to Western intellectual conceptions of art and traces the various ways this inspiration materialized in artworks. The influence of Buddhism on art from the last quarter of the nineteenth century to the present has been greater than historians and critics generally recognize, Baas claims. In considering essential questions about the relationship of art and life, her timely and illustrated book expands our perspective on how spirituality and creativity inspire and inform one another. Baas's insights and the images she presents give the reader a new understanding and appreciation of a diverse array of Western artworks."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography page279 - 281 |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Influence.
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Buddhism and the arts.
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Arts, Modern -- 19th century.
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century.
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Arts, Modern -- Buddhist influences.
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Art and philosophy -- Europe.
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Art and philosophy -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2005006293 |
| ISBN |
0520242084 cloth alkaline paper |
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