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标题：Iconography transformed: a few notes on the god Vaiśravaṇa
其他标题：Iconography transformed: a few notes on the god Vaiśravaṇa
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作者：Sarah-Allegra Schönberger
期刊名称：Approaching Religion
电子版ISSN：1799-3121
出版年度：2016
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：112-124
语种：English
出版社：The Donner Institute
摘要：This article aims at an integration of the topic of iconographic transformation processes into a wider context of meaning, in order to enhance its importance from a religious and cultural-scientific point of view. In this sense, my research is not interested in asking how a deity is depicted, but why it is depicted in a particular way; what conclusions can be drawn, and what factors might influence artistic work? Thus, the topic of the image’s context, its usage, and its meaning become the focus of attention. By taking the example of the god Vaiśravaṇa, my analysis of ‘religious images’ of him is composed of two interlinked parts: an exemplary study of a transcultural iconographic transformation process, as well as an analysis of the images’ context.
其他摘要：This article aims at an integration of the topic of iconographic transformation processes into a wider context of meaning, in order to enhance its importance from a religious and cultural-scientific point of view. In this sense, my research is not interested in asking how a deity is depicted, but why it is depicted in a particular way; what conclusions can be drawn, and what factors might influence artistic work? Thus, the topic of the image’s context, its usage, and its meaning become the focus of attention. By taking the example of the god Vaiśravaṇa, my analysis of ‘religious images’ of him is composed of two interlinked parts: an exemplary study of a transcultural iconographic transformation process, as well as an analysis of the images’ context.
关键词：Religious Studies;Iconography;Visual Culture;Transformation Process;Buddhism;Hinduism;Interreligious Relations;Intercultural Relations
其他关键词：Religious Studies;Iconography;Visual Culture;Transformation Process;Buddhism;Hinduism;Interreligious Relations;Intercultural Relations