Buddha, the golden legend.
Lienart| N° d'inventaire | 22272 |
| Format | 24 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 240 p., hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2019 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782359062892 |
A life, a last life... An ultimate birth and, of all, the most fundamental since in its development, the one universally designated as the Buddha - the Awakened One - proposed to his contemporaries a way of life, a philosophy, an ethic, soon a religion destined to become the true spiritual cement of Asia. From an iconographic base originating in India, then spread throughout all Asian countries, the depiction of the life of the historical Buddha constitutes an essential part of the religious arts of the Far Eastern world. From his marvelous birth in Lumbini - in the south of Nepal - until his final passing in the present Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, his exemplary and edifying life has inspired countless artistic representations. From Afghanistan to Japan, from China to Indonesia, artists have succeeded one another in transcribing the destiny of the Blessed One, revealing the richness of the iconographic and stylistic traditions of Asia. Drawing on the extreme wealth of the Guimet Museum's collections, this work leads us in the footsteps of the Buddha and invites us to discover the "golden legend" of an exceptional being.
A life, a last life... An ultimate birth and, of all, the most fundamental since in its development, the one universally designated as the Buddha - the Awakened One - proposed to his contemporaries a way of life, a philosophy, an ethic, soon a religion destined to become the true spiritual cement of Asia. From an iconographic base originating in India, then spread throughout all Asian countries, the depiction of the life of the historical Buddha constitutes an essential part of the religious arts of the Far Eastern world. From his marvelous birth in Lumbini - in the south of Nepal - until his final passing in the present Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, his exemplary and edifying life has inspired countless artistic representations. From Afghanistan to Japan, from China to Indonesia, artists have succeeded one another in transcribing the destiny of the Blessed One, revealing the richness of the iconographic and stylistic traditions of Asia. Drawing on the extreme wealth of the Guimet Museum's collections, this work leads us in the footsteps of the Buddha and invites us to discover the "golden legend" of an exceptional being.