TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lin,Wei-Cheng
TI  - Building a Sacred Mountain: The Buddhist Architecture of China's Mount Wutai
T2  - Art History Publication Initiative Bks
SN  - 9780295805351
AV  - AHP 
U1  - 951.17 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Seattle
PB  - University of Washington Press
KW  - Buddhist architecture -- China -- Wutai Mountains
KW  - Buddhist monasteries -- China -- Wutai Mountains
KW  - Buddhism and culture -- China -- Wutai Mountains
KW  - Wutai Mountains (China) -- History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology of Chinese Dynasties -- introduction. Early Buddhist Monastic Architecture in Context -- One. Building the Monastery, Locating the Sacred Presence -- Two. Entering the Mountains, Localizing the Sacred Presence -- Three. The Sacred Presence in Place and in Vision -- Four. Mediating the Distance to Mount Wutai -- Five. Reconfiguring the Center -- Six. Narrative, Visualization, and Transposition ofMount Wutai -- Conclusion. Revisiting Foguang Monastery -- Appendix 1. The Creation Legend of the True-Presence Icon of Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī at Huayan Monastery -- Appendix 2. Transcription and Translation of the Inscription on the Dongzhang Stone Lantern -- Appendix 3. Transcriptions of Key Passages from Chinese Texts Used in This Study -- Conventions and Abbreviations -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- List of Illustrations -- Index
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