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    The art of Buddhism : an introduction to its history & meaning / Denise Patry Leidy.

    • Title:The art of Buddhism : an introduction to its history & meaning / Denise Patry Leidy.
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    • Author/Creator:Leidy, Denise Patry.
    • Published/Created:Boston : Shambhala, 2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Buddhist art.
      Buddhism and art.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:ix, 342 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; 27 cm.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-322) and index.
    • ISBN:9781590305942 (hbk. : alk. paper)
      1590305949 (hbk. : alk. paper)
      9781590306703 (pbk. : alk. paper)
      1590306708 (pbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Introduction. Siddhartha/Shakyamuni: His Livesand Teachings
      1. Pillars and Stupas: Second Century B.C.E. to Third Century C.E.
      2. Buddha Image: Second to Seventh Century
      3. Caves and Caravans: India, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and China
      4. China: ANew Dimension, Sixth to Ninth Century
      5. Korea andJapan: Sixth to Ninth Century
      6. South Asia: Regional Styles and Changes in Religious Thought, Eighth to Twelfth Century
      7. Himalayan Region: Nepal, Kashmir, Ladakh, and Tibet, Eighth to Twelfth Century
      8. Southeast Asia: Diffusion and Divergence
      9. China Under Foreign Rule: Tenth to Fourteenth Century
      10. Aristocrats and Warriors in Korea and Japan: Tenth to Fourteenth Century
      11. Early Sino-Tibetan Traditions: Twelfth to Fifteenth Century
      12. Dalai Lamas in Tibet: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century
      13. Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand: Fifteenth to Nineteenth Century
      14. Ming, Manchu, and Mongol in China: Fifteenth to Eighteenth Century
      15. Revivals in Korea and Japan: Sixteenth to Nineteenth Century.
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