The Symbolism of the Stupa
Auteur : Adrian Snodgrass
Date de publication : 1992-01-01
Éditeur : Motilal Banarsidass Publishing House
Nombre de pages : 469
Résumé du livre
In his preface to The Symbolism of the Stupa Prof. Craig Reynolds writes "The stupa is a symbolic form that pullulates throghout south southeast and East Asia. In its Indian manifestations it is an extreme case in terms of architectural function: it has no usable has a basic simplicity. In this state of the art studt Adrian Snodrass reads the stupa as a cultural artifact. The mounment concretizes metaphysical principles and generates multivalent meanings in ways that can be articulated with lite