The story of a painting: A Korean Buddhist treasure from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

by Hongnam Kim

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Summary

Published on the occasion of an exhibition organized by the Asia Society Galleries, New York, April 30-July 28, 1991, centering on a 16th century Buddhist painting, the Sakyamuni Buddha and Attendant Bodhisattvas (also known as the Sakyamuni Triad or Burke Triad). This lavishly illustrated book explores the work's significance as a religious icon of the most classic format – the Buddha triad – in the broader context of East Asian Buddhist painting; examines its visual form, iconography and documentation on both the literal and interpretative levels; discusses it as a form of Buddhist banner painting and explores the monastic environment of Choson Buddhist art; and attempts to place it into the art historical context of Choson Buddhist painting.

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