{"product_id":"reinventing-the-wheel-stephen-f-teiser-9780295986494","title":"Reinventing the Wheel: Paintings of Rebirth in Medieval Buddhist Temples","description":"\u003cp\u003eAwarded the Prix Stanislas Julien by the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wheel of Rebirth is one of the most basic and popular images in Buddhist visual culture. For nearly two thousand years, artists have painted it onto the porches of Buddhist temples; preachers have used it to explain karmic retribution; and philosophers have invoked it to illuminate the contrast between ignorance and nirvana. \u003ci\u003eIn Reinventing the Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e, noted scholar Stephen F. Teiser explores the history and varied interpretations of the Wheel of Rebirth, a circle divided into sections depicting the Buddhist cycle of transmigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining visual evidence with textual sources, \u003ci\u003eReinventing the Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the metaphor of the wheel has been interpreted in divergent local traditions, from India to Tibet, Central Asia, and China. Teiser deftly shows how written and painted renditions of the wheel have animated local architectural sites and religious rituals, informing concepts of time and reincarnation and acting as an organizing principle in the cosmology and daily life of practicing Buddhists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging and accessible, this uniquely pan-Buddhist tour will appeal to anyone interested in Buddhist culture, as well as to scholars of religious studies, art history, architecture, philosophy, and textual studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen F. Teiser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295986492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295986494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.17h x 7.29w x 1.14d","brand":"Stephen F. Teiser","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48748338675967,"sku":"9780295986494","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reinventing-the-wheel-stephen-f-teiser-9780295986494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}