Before and beyond the image : aniconic symbolism in Buddhist art
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Before and beyond the image : aniconic symbolism in Buddhist art
(Artibus Asiae : supplementum, 45)
Artibus Asiae Publishers, 2004
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Jenseits des Bildes
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  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
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  Aichi
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  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
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  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
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  Nagasaki
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Note
First published as Jenseits des Bildes : Anikonische Symbolik in der buddhistischen Kunst, Abhandlungen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klass, 1976
Includes bibliographical references (p. 98-103)
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First published a quarter of a century ago, Dietrich Seckel's essay remains a vital contribution to a much-debated feature of Buddhist art, its aniconism, its aversion to depicting spiritual entities of the very highest order. Unlike Judaism, early Christianity, and Islam, the Buddhist faith has not condemned the representation of holy beings or living creatures. Nonethless it believes that its most crucial spiritual insights lie beyond the power of human imagination to describe or depict. << 95 illustrations
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