The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Macropaedia (19 v.)Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1983 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 31
Page 208
... pagoda with sides ten metres ( 33 feet ) long . The pagoda was probably a tall , multistoried structure in the style of the Yingning - ssu pagoda built in Lo - yang , China , in ad 467. Facing the central pagoda on three sides ( north ...
... pagoda with sides ten metres ( 33 feet ) long . The pagoda was probably a tall , multistoried structure in the style of the Yingning - ssu pagoda built in Lo - yang , China , in ad 467. Facing the central pagoda on three sides ( north ...
Page 210
... pagodas , one behind the entrance gate and the other in front of the main hall . One pagoda ( Sokka - t'ap ) is in the typical square Silla style and represents Sakyamuni , the histori- cal Buddha . The other pagoda ( Tabo - t'ap ) is ...
... pagodas , one behind the entrance gate and the other in front of the main hall . One pagoda ( Sokka - t'ap ) is in the typical square Silla style and represents Sakyamuni , the histori- cal Buddha . The other pagoda ( Tabo - t'ap ) is ...
Page 211
... pagodas . The best example is from the western pagoda of the Kamun - sa site . It is a square plat- form on which a miniature glass bottle containing the śarīra is placed under a rich canopy supported by four corner poles . The shrine ...
... pagodas . The best example is from the western pagoda of the Kamun - sa site . It is a square plat- form on which a miniature glass bottle containing the śarīra is placed under a rich canopy supported by four corner poles . The shrine ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
6th century ancient animal architecture artists Asuka period became bronze Bronze Age Buddhist buildings built Byzantine carved cell centimetres central centre century BC China Chinese Christian church Classical colour court courtesy culture Decorative arts dynasty early East eastern emperor example feet Figure French Greek hall Han dynasty haniwa Heian period Hōryū-ji Imperial important infection influence islands Italy Japan Japanese Kamakura period known Korean Kyōto late later ment metres mosaics motifs Museum Nara Nara period National northern ornament pagoda painters painting palace patterns percent period phage plants political population portraits pottery produced region relief River Roman Rome scenes scroll sculpture Shōsō-in southern stone style Sung Sung dynasty surviving T'ang technique temple tion tombs tradition ture Unified Silla Uzbek varves vase vegetables Venezuela Venus vibration Vietnam Vietnamese viral virus viruses Vistula visual arts wall ware Western