2011/03/11 by Sun Kyung Kim · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Japanese History and Culture #Chinese history and philosophy #Fashion and Cultural Textiles #Gautama Buddha #Mount #Buddhism #Depiction #Context (archaeology) #Period (music) #Meditation #History #Identity (music) #Cave #Art #Visual arts #Art history #Ancient history #Aesthetics #Archaeology #Computer science
paper · doi:10.1353/jks.2011.0002
openalex publication_date 2011/03/11 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract This paper examines the identity and historical context of an enigmatic image from Pulgok, a religious site on Mount Nam from the Silla period in Korea. It examines both the image and its frame, a cave-shaped niche, in an attempt to focus on the latter’s role as an integral part of the entire representational scheme. The Pulgok image, rendered in a fashion unique among works of Korean Buddhist art, reflects the idea of meditation inside a cave, a revered practice with a long history in Buddhist circles, and is related to the depiction of the Awakened as a keeper and transmitter of the Buddha’s teaching.