The Iconostasis and Darśan in Orthodox Christianity and Mahāyāna Buddhism

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" The Iconostasis and Darśan in Orthodox Christianity and Mahāyāna Buddhism "
Junhyoung Michael Shin

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1081957
Doc. No	:	LA125586
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02401001‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Junhyoung Michael Shin
Title & Author	:	The Iconostasis and Darśan in Orthodox Christianity and Mahāyāna Buddhism [Article]\ Junhyoung Michael Shin
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Religion and the Arts
Date	:	2020
Volume/ Issue Number	:	24/1-2
Page No	:	38–64
Abstract	:	This essay discusses how Orthodox Christianity and Mahāyāna Buddhism understood the acts of both seeing and being seen by the divine, and how such ideas affected the making and use of icons in these two religious traditions. I focus on the visual culture of the Byzantine and Russian Orthodox churches between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, and that of the East Asian Pure Land and Esoteric schools between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, respectively. I interpret the function of the iconostasis as an enduring remnant of the Jewish veil used to obstruct God’s vision. Here, Jacques Lacan’s concepts of the gaze and the screen provide a thought-provoking rationale. In turn, I investigate the mandala and icon in Japanese Esoteric Buddhism, in which both seeing and being seen by the divine were deemed spiritual blessings granted by the divine being. This thematic comparison brings to light the less discussed aspects of Christian and Buddhist visual experiences.
Descriptor	:	Art History
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Darśan
Descriptor	:	Esoteric Buddhism
Descriptor	:	Gaze
Descriptor	:	Gregory Palamas
Descriptor	:	History
Descriptor	:	Iconostasis
Descriptor	:	Jacques Lacan
Descriptor	:	Orthodox Christianity
Descriptor	:	Pure Land Buddhism
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15685292-02401001‬