Sculpture of Indonesia

Arts & Photography

Fontein, Jan

Sculpture

Harry N. Abrams

Catalog of exhibition of works of art lent by temples, private collectors, and public and private museums in Japan.

Zen Painting Et Calligraphy

Hickman, Money L.

Museum of Fine Arts

Unearthing China's past

Museum of Fine Arts; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn

This large-format catalogue highlights one of the world's premiere collections of Asiatic art. Numerous color illustrations celebrate 218 works of painting, sculpture, printmaking, pottery, and jewelry from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Southeast Asia, and the Islamic world. This is the most comprehensive overview available of the MFA's remarkable collection, in one lavishly illustrated, attractively priced volume.

Selected Masterpieces of Asian Art

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Ancient Indonesian art of the central and eastern Javanese periods

Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society

The Sculpture of Indonesia

The sculpture of Indonesia

H.N. Abrams

The Pilgrimage of Sudhana: A Study of Gandavyuha Illustrations in China, Japan and Java

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

De Gruyter Mouton

Borobudur, one of the world's greatest Buddhist monuments, is an integral part of the sense of identity for the whole population of Indonesia. The most visited tourist attraction in Indonesia, this monument emanates a unique combination of charm and mystery. Written by scholars who have dedicated many years to studying it, this volume will bring pleasure to those who treasure the greatest historical monuments in the world.

Borobudur: Majestic Mysterious Magnificent

Miksic, John N.

Magetsari, Noerhadi

Haryono, Timbul

Photography & Video

Bab Publishing

The Gandavyūha, a sacred text of Mahāyāna Buddhism, is an allegorical tale of the pilgrimage of a youth named Sudhana, who visits fifty-three spiritual mentors to receive their instruction in the Conduct of the Bodhisattva. His miraculous journey on the path towards Enlightenment inspired the sculptors of Borobudur (9th century C.E.) to illustrate the tale in 460 bas-reliefs on the higher galleries of this great Javanese monument. During the 1920s N.J. Krom and F.D.K. Bosch identified many of the panels, but most of their findings, written in Dutch, remained unnoticed. Entering the Dharmadhātu compares the complete set of panels with three early Chinese translations of Central Asian and Indian Sanskrit manuscripts of the Gandavyūha. This first identification of the entire series in English concludes with a discussion of the new perspectives on the meaning, symbolism, and architecture of Borobudur that a reading of the Gandavyūha suggests.

Entering the Dharmadhatu: A Study of the Gandavyuha Reliefs of Borobodur (Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology, 26)

History & Criticism

Brill Academic Pub

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