Symbolism in Asian Statues of the Buddha
Any medium of art can have ether a literal or a symbolic function; iconography is the study of both. In statues of Siddhartha Gautama is a correspondence between parts of the body and the items surrounding the Buddha to a deeper meaning that the artist is aware of, and intend the devotee to understa...
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UtahState University, Merrill-Cazier Library
2014
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IMW journal of religious studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 32-51 |
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