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Buddhist art and architecture Robert E. Fisher.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: World of artPublication details: New York Thames and Hudson 1993.Description: 216 pages illustrations (some color), maps 21 cmISBN:
  • 0500202656
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 726.1430950 FIS
Summary: Buddhism is the single common thread uniting the Asian world, from India to South-East Asia and through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. Fisher describes all the Buddhist schools and cultures, and explains their imagery, from Tibetan cosmic diagrams to Japanese Zen gardens.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211) and index.

Buddhism is the single common thread uniting the Asian world, from India to South-East Asia and through Central Asia to China, Korea and Japan. Fisher describes all the Buddhist schools and cultures, and explains their imagery, from Tibetan cosmic diagrams to Japanese Zen gardens.

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