{"product_id":"art-and-imagination-vesna-wallace-9780231194785","title":"Art and Imagination: Mongolian Buddhist Texts and Rituals","description":"\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. They 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. Wallace 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. Highlighting little-known treasures of Mongolian culture and featuring extensive illustrations, \u003ci\u003eArt and Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e develops pioneering insights into Mongolian Buddhist texts, objects, and practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vesna Wallace, Uranchimeg Tsultemin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231194781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231194785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Vesna Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962485068031,"sku":"9780231194785","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b02452cd-becd-4ad5-a5a4-eda26db232c7.jpg?v=1750651587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/art-and-imagination-vesna-wallace-9780231194785","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}