Explaining pictures
ISBN
9780824826970
Explaining pictures is a buddhism, buddhist painting book by Ikumi Kaminishi.
About this book
Beginning with the claim that the popularisation of Buddhism in the medieval period was a phenomenon of visual culture, this book reexamines the history of medieval Japanese Buddhism. It treats Buddhist art as religious propaganda and pictorial storytelling as a form of popular culture in medieval Japan.
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Explaining pictures is a Buddhism, Buddhist Painting, Buddhist preaching, Japanese Narrative painting, Religious aspects of Storytelling book.
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Beginning with the claim that the popularisation of Buddhism in the medieval period was a phenomenon of visual culture, this book reexamines the history of medieval Japanese Buddhism. It treats Buddhist art as religious propaganda and pictorial storytelling as a form of popular culture in medieval J...
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Explaining pictures was written by Ikumi Kaminishi.