The Performative Agency of Buddhist Art and Architecture in Asia

 

Introduction

Introduction (Free Access)
Michelle C. Wang, Wei-cheng Lin

buddha

Early Chinese Buddhist Sculptures as Animate Bodies and Living Presences
Michelle C. Wang

funerary banner

Between the Living and the Dead: Three-Tail Funeral Banners of Northern Thailand
Rebecca S. Hall

stupa

Ascending to a Buddha Land: A Study of a Pagoda Valley Sculpture on Namsan in Unified Silla
Sunkyung Kim

tall multilevel red pagoda

Performing Center in a Vertical Rise: Multilevel Pagodas in China’s Middle Period
Wei-cheng Lin

Bronze square reliquary box with organic leaf motif on sides

Instant Bliss: Enactment of the Miraculous Appearance of Relics in the Hōryūji Nested Reliquary Set
Akiko Walley

calligraphy

Performing Mind, Writing Meditation: Dōgen’s Fukanzazengi as Zen Calligraphy
Charlotte Eubanks

sculpture

Faceless Gazes, Silent Texts: Images of Devotees and Practices of Vision in Medieval South Asia
Jinah Kim

map

Digital Initiatives
Hwang, McLoughlin, Epstein