{"product_id":"image-and-imagination-mongolia","title":"Image and Imagination in Mongolian Buddhism","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"a-size-large a-spacing-none\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-large product-title-word-break\"\u003eImage and Imagination in Mongolian Buddhism: Art, Texts, and Rituals\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tab-panel\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003eIn Mongolian Buddhism, texts, rituals, and images are deeply interwoven, yet they are typically studied separately. This book is a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exploration of Mongolian Buddhism of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, drawing on previously unexamined writings and artworks to shed new light on the intricate interrelationships that define this tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVesna A. Wallace and Uranchimeg Tsultemin—a religious studies scholar and an art historian—combine their expertise to demonstrate how textual and visual imagery have built and maintained Mongolian Buddhist community and identity over time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003eThey show that individual and collective acts of imagination are central to a vast range of contemplative, ritual, liturgical, and artistic practices, shaping religious and cultural experience and tradition. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003eWallace and Tsultemin track the transmission and development of Buddhist belief and practice through a vast range of textual and visual sources. This book also considers how Mongolian Buddhist scholars, contemplatives, and artists expressed their religious views and social concerns in response to the political events of their times.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003eHighlighting little-known treasures of Mongolian culture and featuring extensive illustrations,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt and Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edevelops pioneering insights into Mongolian Buddhist texts, objects, and practices.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sp__the-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"authors\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/h2\u003e\nVesna A. Wallace is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is the editor of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2015), among other books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUranchimeg Tsultemin is the Edgar and Dorothy Fehnel Chair in International Studies and an associate professor of art history at Indiana University’s Herron School of Art and Design. She is the author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Monastery on the Move: Art and Politics in Later Buddhist Mongolia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2021), among other books.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49163514020096,"sku":"112644","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0188\/3776\/files\/81KoeEJYj7L._SL1500_copy.png?v=1786392043","url":"https:\/\/asianartmuseumstore.myshopify.com\/products\/image-and-imagination-mongolia","provider":"Cha May Ching Museum Boutique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}