A selection of books worth reading to better understand Buddhist art history, Buddhism, Asian history, archaeology and architecture.
Korean Buddhist painting · Chosŏn dynasty · ritual · monastic space
조선의 불교회화
Why Chosŏn Buddhist paintings must be studied together with the altars, architecture and rituals that determined how they functioned.
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Korean Buddhism · Silla · Hwaŏm · Cult and ritual
Domesticating the Dharma
Why cults, images, ritual and sacred geography explain the embedding of Buddhism in Silla better than the conventional narrative of separate “schools.”
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Buddhist art history · Print culture · Asian history
The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture
Why Buddhist prints should be studied as mobile objects moving along “Buddhist Book Roads” connecting China, Inner Asia and East Asia.
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