How Bodhidharma came to the East : the visual representations of Bodhidharma in East Asian art, with a special emphasis on the Korean Bodhidharma-paintings and the formation of Bodhidharma's iconography

The founder of meditational Buddhism according to tradition is the Indian born Bodhidharma, whose legendary figure can often be seen in visual art and popular culture of East Asian countries. In my thesis I focus on the visual representations of Bodhidharma, and for the first time, after summarizing...

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Main Author: Mecsi, Beatrix
Published: SOAS, University of London 2004
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.407653