Daitokuji: The Visual Cultures of a Zen Monastery - Hardcover

Levine, Gregory P. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0295985402 ISBN 13: 9780295985404

Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr, 2006

Synopsis

Levine (art history, U. of California-Berkeley) examines visual images and calligraphic objects associated with the Zen Buddhist monastery Daitokuji in Kyoto. He emphasizes visually compelling works and art history itself, its methods, and interpretive practices as they have impacted the monastery since the late 19th century. Many color photographs are included. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Daitokuji is a splendid work, well written and highly informative, with enormous relevance to the fields of art history, religious studies, and cultural history. This is one of the most important books to emerge on Zen monastic culture, and specifically its arts complex, in more than a generation." -- Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan, author of Hiraizumi: Buddhist Art and Regional Politics in Twelfth-Century Japan

"This book is a tour de force. It succeeds admirably in breaking down disciplinary barriers and sweeping out mythic cobwebs. No one who reads it will think about Daitokuji and the arts of Zen in the same way again." -- Christine Guth, author of Longfellow's Tattoos: Tourism, Collecting, and Japan

About the Author:

Gregory Levine is associate professor of art history at the University of California, Berkeley.

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Washington Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0295985402
• ISBN 13: 9780295985404
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 444