This book focuses on the evolution of the worship of the Buddhist deity Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (Guanyin in Chinese) in China. Personifying divine compassion, Guanyin has played a uniquely important role in Asian religious life from ancient times until the present day. Studies of Guanyin affords a perspective from which to see the development of Buddhism in China.

Guanyin, Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky, Oxford University Press, Hardcover, 2004, 89 pages, $16.95

Receiving her B.A. from New York University; M.A. from Hunter College and Ph.D., from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, Patricia Eichenbaum Karetzky is the Oskar Munsterberg Chair of Asian Art at Bard College, New York since 1988 and Adjunct Professor at Lehman College, City College of New York since 1994. Patricia has dual interests in contemporary and medieval Chinese art. She was assistant editor, coeditor, and editor of the Journal of Chinese Religions from 1991 to 1998 and has published numerous books and articles on medieval Chinese religious art and a multitude of articles on contemporary art in such journals as Yishu, the Journal of Contemporary Art, and Paradoxa. She has also curated many exhibitions and written catalogues on Chinese contemporary art.

CONTENTS: Title
1.	The Face of Compassion: The Deity of Avalokiteshvara	1
2.	Worship of Guanyin in China	14
3.	Northern Song (960-1127) and Southern Song (1127-1279) Dynasties	33
4.	Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368)	51
5.	Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)	56
6.	Qing Dynasty (1644-1912)	68
7.	Modern China	71
Conclusion		76
Glossary		77
Selected Bibliography		81
Index		84