Canal-U_EZpublish 160756 fre The Buddha Sakymuni’s entry into nirvana was a moment of great significance in the history of Buddhism. Pictorial representations of this event began to gain prevalence in China in the sixth century and had remained a major subject in Chinese Buddhist art ever since. In this talk, Sonya Lee focuses on nirvana images especially made for underground pagoda crypts with Buddhist relics enshrined inside. From painted murals to decorations on reliquaries and freestanding sculptures, the many variations in which the motif appeared in relic deposits point to sophisticated uses of visual images to define the kind and symbolic values of the relics that they accompanied. Selected examples from the eighth to twelfth centuries are examined to better illuminate the material dimensions of relic worship as well as some fundamental changes that Buddhism underwent in its continued engagement in medieval Chinese society. art bouddhique bouddhisme Chine LOMFRv1.0 image en mouvement LOMv1.0 author 2008-04-30 LOMv1.0 content provider 2008-04-30 LOMv1.0 LOMFRv1.0 video/x-flvhttp://www.canal-u.tv/canalu/producteurs/cerimes/dossier_programmes/conferences_de_l_efeo_ecole_francaise_d_extreme_orient/the_buddha_s_nirvana_and_medieval_chinese_relic_depositsrtmpt://mediaFM01.cines.fr/3517/cerimes/cerimes/sonyalee 115940656 PT1H15M0S LOMv1.0 lecture LOMv1.0 higher education LOMv1.0 licence LOMv1.0 no LOMv1.0 no Droits réservés à l'éditeur et aux auteurs LOMv1.0 ispartof URI http://www.canal-u.tv/producteurs/cerimes/(onglet)/collections/(id)/158174#onglet_collection Conférences de l'EFEO (Ecole Française d'Extrême Orient) LOMv1.0 discipline Universités Numériques Thématiques 2009 http://www.universites-numeriques.fr LOMv1.0 discipline CDD 22e éd. DDC 22nd ed. 951 Chine et territoires adjacents CDD 22e éd. DDC 22nd ed. 700 Les arts