History of Art and Visual Culture

HAVC 127B Buddhist Pure Lands

Explores Buddhist imaginative worlds of the "pure lands": worlds in outer space, sacred mountains, internal states of mind. Study of related practices, including expression and representation of these concepts in paintings, scriptures, poetry, and built environments. Focus is on Chinese traditions.

Credits

5

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Winter

Instructor

Raoul Birnbaum