Coloring the World
Some Thoughts from Jain and Buddhist Narratives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3448847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phyllis Granoff (Yale University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 9 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11010009 |
| OpenAlex | W2995935945 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper begins with an examination of early Indian speculation about colors, their number, their use, and their significance. It ranges widely from the Upaniṣads to the Nāṭyaśāstra, from Śvetāmbara Jain canonical texts to Buddhaghosa's treatise on meditation, the Visuddhimagga, from purāṇas to technical treatises on painting. It turns then to examine how select Jain and Buddhist texts used color in two important scenarios, descriptions of the setting for events and the person of the Jina/Buddha. In the concluding reflections, I compare textual practices with a few examples from the visual record to ask what role if any the colors specified in a story might have played in the choices made by an artist
Aesthetics · Art · Buddhism · Gautama Buddha · Literature · Meditation · Narrative · Painting · Speculation · Theology · Visual arts · Computer Science · Historical Philosophy and Science · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |