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Author Green, Alexandra

Title Buddhist Visual Cultures, Rhetoric, and Narrative in Late Burmese Wall Paintings
Published HK : Hong Kong University Press, 2018

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
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
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Subject Mural painting and decoration, Burmese.
Buddhist art -- Burma
Narrative painting -- Burma
ART -- History -- General.
Buddhist art
Mural painting and decoration, Burmese
Narrative painting
Burma
Form Electronic book
Author Yanne, Andrew
ISBN 9789882204850
9882204856