Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan

Author:   Washizuka Hiromitsu ,  Kang Woo-Bang (Professor, Ewha Woman's University, Korea) ,  Tanabe Saburosuke (Professor Emeritus, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan)
Publisher:   Abrams
ISBN:  

9780913304549


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 May 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Transmitting the Forms of Divinity: Early Buddhist Art from Korea and Japan


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Comparing Korean and Japanese Buddhist art, this volume explores the cultural, ideological and artistic exchange between the two countries during the 6th-9th centuries, when Buddhism took hold throughout northeast Asia. Buddhist sculptures in gilt bronze, wood and stone are the main focus of this work, which contains essays by Korean, Japanese and American scholars.

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Author:   Washizuka Hiromitsu ,  Kang Woo-Bang (Professor, Ewha Woman's University, Korea) ,  Tanabe Saburosuke (Professor Emeritus, Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan)
Publisher:   Abrams
Imprint:   Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 28.70cm
Weight:   2.115kg
ISBN:  

9780913304549


ISBN 10:   0913304549
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   01 May 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Washizuka Hiromitsu, Director of the Nara National Museum in Japan, and Kang Woo-bang, Professor at Ewha Woman's University and former director of the Gyeongju National Museum in Korea, are co-curators of the accompanying exhibition. Tanabe Saburosuke is Professor Emeritus at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. Kim Lena is Professor of Korean and Buddhist Art History at Hong'ik University in Seoul.

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