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All-knowing Buddha : a secret guide / Rubin Art Museum ; Jan Van Alphen, editor ; text by Karl Debreczeny, Elena Pakhoutova, Christian Luczanits.

Title
All-knowing Buddha : a secret guide / Rubin Art Museum ; Jan Van Alphen, editor ; text by Karl Debreczeny, Elena Pakhoutova, Christian Luczanits.
Publication
Antwerp, Belgium : BAI ; New York, USA : Rubin Museum of Art [2013]

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Additional Authors
  • Debreczeny, Karl
  • Pakhoutova, Elena
  • Luczanits, Christian
  • Alphen, J. van (Jan)
  • Rubin Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
  • Museum aan de Stroom (Antwerp, Belgium)
Description
176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 30 cm
Summary
Examination of a series of 54 miniature paintings from the MAS museum in Antwerp which reveal a meditation process related to Sarvavid Vairocana, the All-knowing Buddha.
Subject
  • Vairochana Buddha
  • Buddhist painting > Private collections
  • Mandala in art
  • Buddhist painting > Private collections > Exhibitions
  • Mandala in art > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Note
  • Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented at the Rubin Museum of Art from October 17, 2014 to April 13, 2015.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162).
Contents
Foreword / Philip Heylen -- A story of fifty-four paintings (1923-2013) / Jan Van Alphen -- The many faces of Buddha Vairocana / Christian Luczanits -- The art historical context of Antwerp's Vairocana album / Karl Debreczeny -- Buddhist practices and rituals centered on Buddha Vairocana in Tibet / Elena Pakhoutova -- Catalogue : Album leaves.
ISBN
  • 9789085866435 (hbk.)
  • 908586643X (hbk.)
OCLC
  • 858012264
  • SCSB-13898373
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library