Zen in the Art of Painting (English and German Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Brinker, Helmut

Philosophy

Arkana

Secrets of the Sacred illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice, with particular attention to the transformation of inanimate material images into potent icons animated by the divine. The earliest canonical scriptures indicate that images of the Buddha were created before the concept of transcendental identity was developed. Later writings reveal a connectedness between image and deity, and eventually art transformed into a means of creating a receptive environment for communication with the divine power and attaining wisdom. Icons became the perceivable bodies of the divine. Esoteric practices within Buddhism trace back at least as far as the first century CE but did not develop into a religio-philosophic movement until after the fifth century. They relied on “mysteries” handed down from teacher to pupil. Sacred texts provided clear descriptions of the qualities and appearance of the Esoteric pantheon, but were so elaborate that they challenged the imagination and skill of Buddhist artists. Brinker traces the original meaning and function of individual icons and relics across the various schools of Buddhism. He discusses their origin, style, meaning, and individual histories. Beautiful illustrations complement the histories of these important icons and relics.

Secrets of the Sacred: Empowering Buddhist Images in Clear, in Code, and in Cache (Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series)

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

University of Washington Press

Brinker, Helmut, Cahill, James, Chengyuan, Ma, Bai, Su

China: 5,000 Years : Innovation and Transformation in the Arts

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Cahill, James

Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

Chengyuan, Ma

Bai, Su

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Soft cover book titled CHINESE CLOISONNE: The Pierre Uldry Collection by Helmut Brinker and Albert Lutz. Published by The Asia Society Galleries in 1989. Beautifully illustrated with color and black and white photographs. See my photographs (5) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-4-bottom-R) rareviewbooks

Chinese Cloisonne: The Pierre Uldry Collection

Lutz, Albert

Asia Society

Zen in der Kunst des Malens (German Edition)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

O.W. Barth

Ritual and Representation in Buddhist Art

Religion & Spirituality

Noth, Juliane

Rösch, Petra H.

Russel-Smith, Lilla

Bae, Jindal

Lee-Kalisch, Jeong-Hee

Papist-Matsuo, Antje

Maurer, Petra

Nedachi, Kensuke

Hinduism

The old "Masters of Meditation," Zenji, liked to talk to their followers and disciples in similes and metaphors. They confronted and provoked them with seemingly obvious images drawn from daily life and with enigmatic teachings. In the "ink traces," bokuseki, of their brush and in the portraits, chinzo, the characters and substance of the masters are revealed most poignantly, and both served the Zen adherents to absorb word and spirit of their religious paragons, enabling them to transmit their teachings faithfully.
The immediate contact between master and disciple, as well as the relationship among leading monks, especially in Kyoto, their literary and artistic interests, their tangible surroundings in the monasteries, and their immersion in the traditional current of their school are to be intimated just as well as the historical circumstances and the exchange between Chinese and Japanese Zen. 
This book places Zen art in a new and proper perspective and notes its seminal influences. By concentrating on major figures from Zen history and legend and on some outstanding prelates of the medieval Zen clergy, it is intended to bring these masters into the clearest possible focus, to "re-animate" them by means of their extant works and the interpretative representation of their physical appearances. This new study reveals the intrinsic worth of Zen architecture, sculptures, writings, and paintings themselves, as well as their cultural and historic setting. The book has the character of a richly illustrated compendium of Zen art.

Zen Masters of Meditation in Images and Writings

Kanazawa, Hiroshi

Artibus Asiae/Museum Rietberg Zurich

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