Screen LibraryBuddhist art of Myanmar /
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Asia Society Museum in association with Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: | [2015] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Buddhist art of Myanmar, organized by Asia Society Museum, Asia Society Museum, New York, February 10-May 10, 2015."--Title page verso. |
| Carrier Form: | 256 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 241-247) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780300209457 (hardback) : 0300209452 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | N7312 |
| CLC: | J196.2-28 |
| Call Number: | J196.2-28/B927 |
| Contents: | Myanmar: Forging a nation / Sylvia Fraser-Lu and Donald M. Stadtner -- Foundation myths of Myanmar / Patrick Pranke and Donald M. Stadtner -- Inscriptions and chronicles: The historiography of Myanmar / U Tun Aung Chain -- Buddhism and its practice in Myanmar / Patrick Pranke -- Myanmar and the outside world / Jacques Leider -- The Buddha's smile: Art of the first millennium / Robert L. Brown and Donald M. Stadtner -- Ancient Pagan: A plain of merit / Donald M. Stadtner -- After Pagan: The art of Myanmar, 1287-1900 / Sylvia Fraser-Lu -- Buddhist image replication in Myanmar / Adriana Proser -- Art, power, and merit: The veneration of Buddha images in Myanmar museums / Heidi Tan. |