Approaching the Buddha : transmission and transformation /

"The book features 28 works spanning a range of geographic regions, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Himalayas, and East Asia. An introductory essay by Hao Sheng delves into the fundamental aspects of Buddhist sculptural tradition, with a focus on the reciprocal nature of viewing. Additional ess...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sheng, Hao (Author)
Other Authors:	Singer, Jane Casey (Contributor), Huntington, Susan L. (Contributor), Hwang, Karen (Contributor), Knight, Michael, 1953- (Contributor), Lopez, Donald S., Jr., 1952- (Contributor), Strahan, Donna K. (Contributor), Twilley, John (Contributor), Weldon, David (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houston, TX : The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2026.
Subjects:	Buddhist sculpture > Exhibitions. Gautama Buddha > Art > Exhibitions. Buddhism. Nature. Exhibition catalogs. Buddhist sculpture. Catalogues d'exposition. Bouddhisme. Sculpture bouddhique. Sculpture bouddhique > Expositions. exhibition catalogs.

Table of Contents:

Director's foreword / Gary Tinterow
Acknowledgments / Hao Sheng
Collector's statement
Approaching the Buddha : transmission and transformation / Hao Sheng
Creating merit : art in Buddhist practice / Susan L. Huntington
Maitreya / Donald S. Lopez
Found in translation : early Chinese Buddhist sculpture (first century-849 CE) / Michael Knight
Featured works
Technical case study. A Tang dynasty hollow-core lacquer Buddha head / Donna K. Strahan
From the twelfth century to the present, a gilded wisdom Buddha / John Twilley
Bibliography
Contributors.