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Narrative Visions and Visual Narratives in Indian Buddhism

Appleton (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

302 Seiten

2022
Equinox Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80050-131-7 (ISBN)

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This volume explores the interaction between text and image in Indian Buddhist contexts, including not only the complex relationship between verbal stories and visual representations at Indian sites, but also the ways in which visual imagery is used within textual narratives. The chapters are authored by a mixture of textual scholars and art historians, bringing together different disciplinary perspectives in order to seek a richer understanding of how text and art relate, and of the role of narrative imagery in different media and contexts. The book opens with an introduction that explores what narratives and visual narratives are, and why we might want to study narrative images alongside imagery-rich literary narratives. The volume is then divided into three parts. The chapters in Part I: Visual Narratives (Zaghet, Reddy, Zin) explore visual depictions of stories in their own right; those in Part II: Narrative Networks (Mace, Appleton & Clark, Strong) seek to understand the relationship between specific visual and verbal narratives; and those in Part III: Narrative Visions (Gummer, Fiordalis, Walters) primarily investigate how visual imagery and visualisation work in textual narratives. The volume seeks to bridge the divide that traditionally exists between textual scholars and art historians, and to challenge the contributors to think beyond the usual boundaries of our work.

Naomi Appleton is Senior Lecturer in Asian Religions at the University of Edinburgh. Her primary research interest is the role of narrative in the construction, communication and challenge of religious ideas in early India, and she has published extensively on this area, including Jātaka Stories in Theravāda Buddhism (Ashgate 2010), Narrating Karma and Rebirth (CUP 2014), Shared Characters in Jain, Buddhist and Hindu Narrative (Routledge 2017), as well as translations of Buddhist narrative and numerous articles on related themes.

Preface

1. Setting the Scene: Verbal and Visual Narrative in Indian Buddhism
Naomi Appleton

PART I: VISUAL NARRATIVES
2. Rethinking Chronology and Narrative Modes: The Case of Sanchi Stūpa 2
Flavia Zaghet

3. The Power of Image and Imagery: Visualising the Divine and the Human in the Painted Narratives of Ajanta
Madhulika Reddy, University of Mumbai

4. Visualizing a Teaching: Sermon Scenes in Kucha
Monika Zin, Leipzig University

PART II: NARRATIVE NETWORKS
5. Localizing Narrative through Image: The Nun Utpalavarṇā in a Stone Relief from Kaushambi
Sonya Rhie Mace, Clevelenad Museum of Art

6. Beyond Textual and Visual “Versions”: The Story Cluster of the Six-Tusked Elephant Bodhisattva
Naomi Appleton and Chris Clark

7. Interpretations and (Mis)understandings: Three Case Studies of Illustrations of the Buddha’s Lifestory
John S. Strong, Bates College, Maine

PART III: NARRATIVE VISIONS
8. The Buddha as Spiritual Sovereign: Narrative Figurations of Knowledge and Power
David Fiordalis, Linfield University, Oregon

9. Seeing the Dharma: Narrative Darśan in the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa
Natalie Gummer, Beloit College, Wisconsin

10. Making Senses of the Story: Narrative, Art and Affect in Ancient India
Jonathan Walters, Whitman College, Washington

Erscheinungsdatum	19.04.2022
Zusatzinfo	64 colour and black and white images
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	6246 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	1-80050-131-5 / 1800501315
ISBN-13	978-1-80050-131-7 / 9781800501317
Zustand	Neuware