Smile of the Buddha : Eastern philosophy and Western art from Monet to today / Jacquelynn Baas ; for...
Smile of the Buddha : Eastern philosophy and Western art from Monet to today / Jacquelynn Baas ; for...
Smile of the Buddha : Eastern philosophy and Western art from Monet to today / Jacquelynn Baas ; foreword by Robert A.F. Thurman.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
Call Numbers
NQ709.04/97
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
Foreword / Robert A. F. Thurman -- I. The infinite moment -- II. Other dimensions -- III. The space of art -- IV. The sound of the mind -- V. Light and insight.
Publication information
Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
2005.
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Access Conditions
State Reference Library copy: To be issued in Supervised Use Area.
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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 trace...
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Smile of the Buddha : Eastern philosophy and Western art from Monet to today / Jacquelynn Baas ; foreword by Robert A.F. Thurman.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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NQ709.04/97
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74VKqyKbRxJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqyKbRxJy
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ISBN
0520242084 (hbk.) :
9780520242081 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520242084 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520242081 :
0520242084 :
9780520242081 (hbk.) :
DDC
704.948943
709.04
MMS ID
991020400209702626
