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Wisdom embodied : Chinese Buddhist and Daoist sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Author: Denise Patry Leidy; Donna K Strahan; Lawrence Becker; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); et al
Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Metropolitan Museum's collection of Chinese Buddhist and Daoist sculpture is the largest in the Western world. In this volume, archaeological discoveries and scientific testing and analysis serve  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Catalogs
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Denise Patry Leidy; Donna K Strahan; Lawrence Becker; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); et al
ISBN: 9781588393999 1588393992 9780300155211 0300155212
OCLC Number: 601348027
Description: vii, 248 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 32 cm.
Contents: Acknowledgments / Denise Patry Leidy and Donna Strahan --
Foreword / Thomas P. Campbell --
Buddhism and Buddhist sculpture in China : a brief overview / Denise Patry Leidy --
Creating sacred images of the Buddha : a technical perspective / Donna Strahan --
Collection highlights / Denise Patry Leidy and Donna Strahan --
Additional works in the collection --
The issue of the Trubner Stele / Denise Patry Leidy --
Technical study of two Northern Wei altarpieces dedicated to the Buddha Maitreya / Lawrence Becker --
Compositional analysis of metal sculpture in the collection / Mark T. Wypyski --
Polychrome decoration on Chinese sculpture / Donna Strahan, Adriana Rizzo, Won Yee Ng, and Arianna Gambirasi --
Analysis of wood species in the collection / Mechtild Mertz and Takao Itoh.
Series Title: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Responsibility: Denise Patry Leidy and Donna Strahan ; with contributions by Lawrence Becker ... [et al.].

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"A stunningly illustrated study of 50 of the most significant Chinese Buddhist sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this book is more than a mere catalogue. . . . Highly Read more...

 
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