Buddhist art – Shashibala Dr. Betrouwbaar

Religion has been the impetus behind the greatest art traditions of the world. Buddhism is no different. The life of the Buddha, with its spectacular event of Enlightement, forms the cornerstone of the vast edifice of Buddhist art; it informs a tradition thatt is more than a thousand and five hundred years old. To encompass this whole living tradition is a challenging tast – one that Buddhist In Praise of the Divine does with academic finesse and assurance. Exploring the expression of art in the three diffe…