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Dewey Decimal Number: 704.948943095207477132 EAN: 9780940717497 ISBN: 0940717492 Label: Cleveland Museum of Art Manufacturer: Cleveland Museum of Art Number Of Pages: 258 Publication Date: 1998-08 Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Art Studio: Cleveland Museum of Art Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This magnificent volume commemorates a historic exhibition that brought early Buddhist treasures from Japan's ancient capital, mostly from the Nara National Museum, on their first visit to the West. Here are 87 transcendent masterpieces: archaeological finds, paintings, sculpture,crafts, and calligraphy from the seventh through the fourteenth centuries, works that capture Buddhism's yearning for a state of grace and for communion with the divine. In association with Amazon.com | |