Violence & Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture From Indonesia. TIG COMP THOMAS on occasion

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Violence & Serenity: Late Buddhist Sculpture From Indonesia. TIG COMP THOMAS on occasionThe mention of Buddhism in Indonesia calls to mind for many people the Central Javanese monument of Borobudur, one of the largest Buddhist monuments in the world and the subject of extensive scholarly scrutiny. The neglect of scholarship on Buddhist art from later periods might lead one to assume that after the tenth century Buddhism had been completely eclipsed by the predominantly Hindu Eastern Javanese dynasties. Yet, as the works discussed here