Some details from the representations of the Parinirvāṇa cycle in the art of Gandhara and Kucha: the iconography of the wandering ascetics (Parivrājaka, Nirgrantha and Ājīvika)
Buddhism began representing narratives early, albeit with one challenge which the artists faced: they were required to abstain from depicting the Buddha as a person. Prior to (at least) 100 CE, and for some areas even later, symbols were substituted for the figure of Buddha’s person, or the space wh...
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Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
2018
Heidelberg Berlin 2018 |
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Art of the Orient
Year: 2018, Volume: 7, Pages: 137-170 |
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