Handbook of Korean Art 1: Buddhist Sculpture

Youngsook Pak and Roderick Whitfield

This volume examines in detail the very best of Korean Buddhist images that survive today. The book chronicles the arrival of Buddhism in Korean from India via China in the late fourth century AD during the Three Kingdoms period, its ascendency as the state religion, and its royal propagation. Gracing the pages of this book are full color illustrations and scholarly commentaries. Short sections on stone and wooden Buddhist statues are included as well.

Price: US$21.95