Buddha - Buddhism Art & Antiques 

Buddhist Art and Architecture (The World of Art) by Robert Fisher Paperback (1993)

As an instructor in Asian Arts and cultures survey courses, I am always looking for short works that give a quick overview of essential cultural elements across the wide spectrum of Asian experience. This book is excellent as a source book for understanding the breadth and beauty of Buddhist art forms throughout Asia. Reviewer: A reader from California, 2000

The Book of Buddhas: Ritual Symbolism Used on Buddhist Statuary and Ritual Objects by Eva Judy Jansen Paperback (1993)

Although I am a practising Thevardian Buddhist, I find this book on Tibetan Iconography and symbolism very interesting It have decipher the ancient secrets of the Tibetan and made it easy to comprehend to every lay Buddhist I strongly recomend this book to any inspiring Tibetan Buddhist learner.  Reviewer: Clarence Y.K. Ngui from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1998

Buddhism:
Flammarion Iconographic Guides
by Louis-Frederic
Paperback (1995)    Hardcover (1995)

Immensely useful..belongs in all collections of Buddhist art.   Accompanied by numerous photographs and line drawings, it describes most of the deities in the international pantheon of Buddhism as found in India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, and Japan. With its goal to make the identification of deities easier, this guide discusses the iconography, religious significance, rituals, and practices associated with historical and great Buddhas; the five Jinas and the Adi Buddha; the Bodhisattvas of compassion; other Bodhisattvas; the Vidyaiajas; female deities; defenders and guardians of the law; group dieties; and divine beings and diefied historical figures...  This book belongs in all collections of Buddhist art serving the general reader, undergraduate students, and scholars."--- E. Findly, Trinity College, Choice Magazine

Way of the Buddha
Hardcover (1995)

A religion which advocates that its disciples seek liberation from material things must necessarily develop complex symbolic structures to express the path toward personal salvation -- a path that passes through many stages. This beautiful introduction to the major steps in the purification of self and the attainment of nirvana explains and elucidates some of the finest, highly idealized symbolic images created by the devotees of Buddhism.

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