Download or read book Buddha written by Jackie Menzies and published by Art Gallery Nsw. This book was released on 2001 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackie Menzies provides illustrations of paintings, sculpture, metalwork, manuscripts, mandalas, and textiles, with images that range from early Indian sculptures to Japanese and Chinese scrolls, from a Tibetan tangka to a contemporary set of panels created from digital media. Each image is explained, and longer essays by authorities in the field discuss such topics as the life of Buddha, Buddhist cosmology, Buddha Lands, and Buddhas of the past, present and future.