Secrets of the Sacred: Empowering Buddhist Images in Clear, in Code, and in Cache (Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series)
Helmut Brinker
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Description for Secrets of the Sacred: Empowering Buddhist Images in Clear, in Code, and in Cache (Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series)
Hardcover. Illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice Series: Franklin D. Murphey Lecture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 116 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 6466 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
Secrets of the Sacred illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice, with particular attention to the transformation of inanimate material images into potent icons animated by the divine. The earliest canonical scriptures indicate that images of the Buddha were created before the concept of transcendental identity was developed. Later writings reveal a connectedness between image and deity, and eventually art transformed into a means of creating a receptive environment for communication with the divine power and attaining wisdom. Icons became the perceivable bodies of the divine.
Esoteric practices within Buddhism trace back at least ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Series
Franklin D. Murphey Lecture Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295990897
SKU
V9780295990897
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About Helmut Brinker
Helmut Brinker is professor emeritus of East Asian art at the University of Zurich. His previous books include Treasures from the Rietberg Museum, Zen in the Art of Painting, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, and ZEN - Masters of Mediation in Images and Writings.
Reviews for Secrets of the Sacred: Empowering Buddhist Images in Clear, in Code, and in Cache (Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series)
"Brinker, a renowned specialist in East Asian Buddhism, its art, and texts, marshals a range of sources, including extraordinary eyewitness accounts. The result is to make these familiar case-studies compelling. Summing Up: Recommended."
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"Through the combination of art-historical studies with philological, archaeological and historical anthropological research, Brinker’s work gives a valuable impetus for further investigation in the ... Read more
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"Through the combination of art-historical studies with philological, archaeological and historical anthropological research, Brinker’s work gives a valuable impetus for further investigation in the ... Read more