LOVEDAY Helen.
Borobudur: Jewel of Buddhist art.
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| N° d'inventaire | 30398 |
| Format | 22.7 x 30.6 |
| Détails | 176 p., numerous photographs, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Milan, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788874398188 |
The Buddhist monument of Borobudur, built in the 8th-9th centuries on the island of Java, is one of the most famous and studied religious buildings in the world, but it also remains one of the most enigmatic. Since its rediscovery by Westerners in the early 19th century, it has continued to fascinate a public sensitive to the charm of its ruins buried in the tropical jungle, evocative of an ancient civilization with a glorious past.
Its unique structure in the form of a stepped pyramid, its imposing size, and the finesse of its bas-reliefs, comprising some 1,300 sculpted narrative panels, have rightly secured it a place among the masterpieces of world architectural heritage. However, in the absence of reliable historical documentation, the most diverse hypotheses have been put forward in an attempt to uncover the secrets surrounding its form, its iconographic program, and its symbolism.
This exhibition catalog presents the Borobudur monument through some fifty photographs of the bas-reliefs, taken by Caroline and Hughes Dubois, at night by moonlight. These very particular shots give a surprising volume and presence to these engravings. They are accompanied by 19th-century Dutch paintings and watercolors illustrating the state of the monument before its major restoration under the aegis of UNESCO in the 1970s, as well as Buddhist sculptures in stone and bronze, borrowed from the Rijksmuseum and the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, as well as the Linden-Museum in Stuttgart.
In the introductory texts, the author Helen Loveday presents a synthesis of the debates surrounding Borobudur and draws up an inventory of research on this monument.
Its unique structure in the form of a stepped pyramid, its imposing size, and the finesse of its bas-reliefs, comprising some 1,300 sculpted narrative panels, have rightly secured it a place among the masterpieces of world architectural heritage. However, in the absence of reliable historical documentation, the most diverse hypotheses have been put forward in an attempt to uncover the secrets surrounding its form, its iconographic program, and its symbolism.
This exhibition catalog presents the Borobudur monument through some fifty photographs of the bas-reliefs, taken by Caroline and Hughes Dubois, at night by moonlight. These very particular shots give a surprising volume and presence to these engravings. They are accompanied by 19th-century Dutch paintings and watercolors illustrating the state of the monument before its major restoration under the aegis of UNESCO in the 1970s, as well as Buddhist sculptures in stone and bronze, borrowed from the Rijksmuseum and the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, as well as the Linden-Museum in Stuttgart.
In the introductory texts, the author Helen Loveday presents a synthesis of the debates surrounding Borobudur and draws up an inventory of research on this monument.
Its unique structure in the form of a stepped pyramid, its imposing size, and the finesse of its bas-reliefs, comprising some 1,300 sculpted narrative panels, have rightly secured it a place among the masterpieces of world architectural heritage. However, in the absence of reliable historical documentation, the most diverse hypotheses have been put forward in an attempt to uncover the secrets surrounding its form, its iconographic program, and its symbolism.
This exhibition catalog presents the Borobudur monument through some fifty photographs of the bas-reliefs, taken by Caroline and Hughes Dubois, at night by moonlight. These very particular shots give a surprising volume and presence to these engravings. They are accompanied by 19th-century Dutch paintings and watercolors illustrating the state of the monument before its major restoration under the aegis of UNESCO in the 1970s, as well as Buddhist sculptures in stone and bronze, borrowed from the Rijksmuseum and the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam, as well as the Linden-Museum in Stuttgart.
In the introductory texts, the author Helen Loveday presents a synthesis of the debates surrounding Borobudur and draws up an inventory of research on this monument.