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Realms of the dharma: Buddhist art across Asia

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"Realms of the Dharma: Buddhist Art Across Asia brings together some 220 works of Buddhist art from India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan. The artworks, all from the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), offer a broad perspective on the birth of Buddhism in South Asia and its spread to other Asian countries. Showing the diversity of Buddhist schools, the authors explore the life of the historical Buddha and the importance of his key teachings, the path of the bodhisattva or Buddhist savior, Buddhist cosmology and the concepts of multiple Buddhas and heavens, the role of Buddhist goddesses, and the development of esoteric visualization practices." -- Publisher's website.

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Introduction to Buddhism and Buddhist Art / Stephen Little -- South Asia / Tushara Bindu Gude -- Southeast Asia / Tushara Bindu Gude -- Nepal and Tibet / Tushara Bindu Gude -- China / Stephen Little -- Korea / Stephen Little -- Japan / Stephen Little.

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    New York, NY: DelMonico Books·D.A.P., [2025]

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    • 9781942884781
    • 1942884788

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    • Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name held at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, May 11, 2025-April 5, 2026.
    • "All works are in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art"--List of illustrations, page 272.
    • "This publication was sent to press in February 2025, several months before the exhibition opening. To provide readers with additional materials about the exhibition's design, installation, and impact, we will release a PDF supplement containing installation photography, interpretive content, press clippings, and other information after September 1, 2025. The supplement will be free to download and print and can be accessed at lacma.org/publish"-- Colophon.

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