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Book The  P  ala Sena  Schools of Sculpture

Download or read book The P ala Sena Schools of Sculpture written by Susan L. Huntington and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1984-01-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The  P  la Sena  Schools of Sculpture

Download or read book The P la Sena Schools of Sculpture written by Susan L Huntington and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-21 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Art and Archaeology

Download or read book Indian Art and Archaeology written by Ellen M. Raven and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1992 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Sculpture

    Book Details:
  • Author : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Publisher : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Release : 1986
  • ISBN : 9780875871295
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Indian Sculpture written by Los Angeles County Museum of Art and published by Los Angeles County Museum of Art. This book was released on 1986 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tibet and India

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  • Author : Kurt Behrendt
  • Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Release : 2014-02-01
  • ISBN : 1588395499
  • Pages : 52 pages

Download or read book Tibet and India written by Kurt Behrendt and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Art of Ancient India

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  • Author : Susan L. Huntington
  • Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass
  • Release : 2014-01-01
  • ISBN : 8120836170
  • Pages : 849 pages

Download or read book The Art of Ancient India written by Susan L. Huntington and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 849 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To scholars in the field, the need for an up-to-date overview of the art of South Asia has been apparent for decades. Although many regional and dynastic genres of Indic art are fairly well understood, the broad, overall representation of India's centuries of splendor has been lacking. The Art of Ancient India is the result of the author's aim to provide such a synthesis. Noted expert Sherman E. Lee has commented: –Not since Coomaraswamyês History of Indian and Indonesian Art (1927) has there been a survey of such completeness.” Indeed, this work restudies and reevaluates every frontier of ancient Indic art _ from its prehistoric roots up to the period of Muslim rule, from the Himalayan north to the tropical south, and from the earliest extant writing through the most modern scholarship on the subject. This dynamic survey-generously complemented with 775 illustrations, including 48 in full color and numerous architectural ground plans, and detailed maps and fine drawings, and further enhanced by its guide to Sanskrit, copious notes, extensive bibliography, and glossary of South Asian art terms-is the most comprehensive and most fully illustrated study of South Asian art available. The works and monuments included in this volume have been selected not only for their artistic merit but also in order to both provide general coverage and include transitional works that furnish the key to an all encompassing view of the art. An outstanding portrayal of ancient Indiaês highest intellectual and technical achievements, this volume is written for many audiences: scholars, for whom it provides an up-to-date background against which to examine their own areas of study; teachers and students of college level, for whom it supplies a complete summary of and a resource for their own deeper investigations into Indic art; and curious readers, for whom it gives a broad-based introduction to this fascinating area of world art.

Book The Malay Peninsula

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  • Author : Michel Jacq-Hergoualc’h
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2018-12-24
  • ISBN : 9047400682
  • Pages : 787 pages

Download or read book The Malay Peninsula written by Michel Jacq-Hergoualc’h and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-12-24 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book attempts to evaluate the role of the Malay Peninsula as a crossroads in the great wave of commercial relationships along the maritime Silk Road from the first centuries of the Christian era to the 14th century. Through these exchanges, representatives of all the civilizations of Asia entered into contact along its shores. They left in this place a part of themselves, as can be seen in the great stylistic diversity of the religious and commercial artefacts which have been found in the area. These artefacts have been analysed and categorized afresh in the light of more precise information provided in Chinese texts concerning the nature of the political entities developing at the time: often dynamic city states or more modest chiefdoms.

Book Sculptures of Ganga Yamuna Valley

Download or read book Sculptures of Ganga Yamuna Valley written by Mihir Mohan Mukhopadhyay and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1984 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stylistically Classical Indian Gupta Sculpture Admitted A Common Denominator Till The End Of The Sixth And The Beginning Of The Seventh Century A.D. This Was Felt Throughout The Sub-Continent In Different Degrees, According To The Strength Of The Regional Trends. The Gradual Thinning Down Or The Decline Of The Classical Gupta Concept Was Followed By An Emphasis On The Regional Factors Until They Dominated Over The Former. The Ganga-Yamuna Valley, The Hub Of Indian History And Culture Since The Early Times, Played An Important Part In The Medieval Phase. From The Point Of View Of Cultural History, Especially In The Field Of Art, Middle Of The Eighth Century May Be Considered As The Beginning Of The Medieval Phase Of Indian Sculpture. The Origin And Evolution Of The Medieval Indian Sculpture Of The Ganga-Yamuna Valley Has Been Studied From The Viewpoint Of Its Nearness To And Distance From The Classical Gupta Trend On The One Hand And Also To Identify The Local Or Regional Idiom Which Emerged During The Period On The Other. The Present Study Is The First Ever Full-Length Discussion On The Stylistic Analysis Of The Medieval Sculptures Of The Ganga-Yamuna Valley Region. With This Object In View Of A Wide And Extensive Survey Has Been Made From A Fairly Large Number Of Sculptures Available From The Region. The Study Has Brought Out The Importance Of The Region As A Center Of Significant Art Activity In The Medieval Phase When Some Interesting And Purposeful Art Forms Were Carved By The Creative Artists Of The Age. The Approach Of The Study Is An Objective Assessment Of The Sculptures In The Evolutionary Direction, Covering The Chronological Horizons Which Range In Dates From The Middle Of The Eight To The Twelfth Century A.D. The Analytical And Critical Study On The Subject Brings Out The Stylistic Features And Aesthetic Brilliance Of The Sculptures Of The Ganga-Yamuna Valley Of The Medieval Phase And Thereby Helps To Indicate Its Distinct Position In The Arena Of Medieval Indian Sculpture. Of The Large Number Of Sculptural Remains Available In This Region The Book Contains 96 Selective Illustrations. Besides, It Includes A Select Bibliography And An Outline Map Of The Region

Book Ruthless Compassion

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  • Author : Robert N. Linrothe
  • Publisher : Serindia Publications, Inc.
  • Release : 1999
  • ISBN : 0906026512
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Ruthless Compassion written by Robert N. Linrothe and published by Serindia Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 1999 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical development of Esoteric Buddhism in India is still known only in outline. A few verifiably early texts do give some insight into the origin of the ideas which would later develop and spread to East and Southeast Asia, and to Tibet. However, there is another kind of evidence which can be harnessed to the project of reconstructing the history of Esoteric Buddhist doctrines and practice. This evidence consists of art objects, mainly sculpture, which survive in significant numbers from the 6th to the 13th century.

Book Animals in Stone

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  • Author : Alexandra van der Geer
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2008-10-31
  • ISBN : 904744356X
  • Pages : 880 pages

Download or read book Animals in Stone written by Alexandra van der Geer and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art history of South Asia covers a time span of roughly four and a half thousand years. During this period, a vast number of animal stone sculptures has been produced, ranging from the pre-historic period till today and covering a great variety of motifs and imagery in different regions and religious traditions. Even so, the number of studies devoted to these animal sculptures has remained extremely limited. The present book aims at filling this knowledge gap. With this richly illustrated book, the first of its kind, Van der Geer offers a comparative study of the ways in which various animals have been depicted and a lucid analysis of the sculptors’ treatment of their “models”: living animals. The art history of sculptured animals is contextualized with a description of the use of animals as can be read from ancient texts, archaeological evidence and contemporaneous culture. In doing so, parallels as well as differences in style or iconography are highlighted, elucidating the variety of animal depictions across regions, religious contexts and through time. The corpus of discussed material ranges from Indus seals, stupa panels and railings, monumental temples from North and South India, non-religious palace and fort architecture to loose sculptures in museum collections.

Book Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia

Download or read book Esoteric Buddhism in Mediaeval Maritime Asia written by Andrea Acri and published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume advocates a trans-regional, and maritime-focused, approach to studying the genesis, development and circulation of Esoteric (or Tantric) Buddhism across Maritime Asia from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries ce. The book lays emphasis on the mobile networks of human agents (‘Masters’), textual sources (‘Texts’) and images (‘Icons’) through which Esoteric Buddhist traditions spread. Capitalising on recent research and making use of both disciplinary and area-focused perspectives, this book highlights the role played by Esoteric Buddhist maritime networks in shaping intra-Asian connectivity. In doing so, it reveals the limits of a historiography that is premised on land-based transmission of Buddhism from a South Asian ‘homeland’, and advances an alternative historical narrative that overturns the popular perception regarding Southeast Asia as a ‘periphery’ that passively received overseas influences. Thus, a strong point is made for the appreciation of the region as both a crossroads and rightful terminus of Buddhist cults, and for the re-evaluation of the creative and transformative force of Southeast Asian agents in the transmission of Esoteric Buddhism across mediaeval Asia.

Book Indian Esoteric Buddhism

Download or read book Indian Esoteric Buddhism written by Ronald M. Davidson and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 2004 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the rapid spread of Buddhism the historical origins of Buddhsit thought and practice remain obscure.This work describes the genesis of the Tantric movement and in some ways an example of the feudalization of Indian society. Drawing on primary documents from sanskrit, prakrit, tibetan, Bengali, and chinese author shows how changes in medieval Indian society, including economic and patronage crises, a decline in women`s participation and the formation of large monastic orders led to the rise of the esoteric tradition in India.

Book India in the Persianate Age  1000 1765

Download or read book India in the Persianate Age 1000 1765 written by Richard Maxwell Eaton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With relish and originality, historian Eaton traces the rise of Persianate culture, introduced to India in the 11th century by dynasties based in eastern Afghanistan.

Book Haunting the Buddha

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  • Author : Robert DeCaroli
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2004-09-30
  • ISBN : 0195168380
  • Pages : 241 pages

Download or read book Haunting the Buddha written by Robert DeCaroli and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert DeCaroli seeks to place the formation of Buddhism in its appropriate social & political contexts, by analysis of the early monks & nuns, what beliefs they brought with them from their upbringing & how the new faith offered them revolutionary new mechanisms with which to engage minor deities & spirits.

Book Bulletin

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  • Author : Östasiatiska museet
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 632 pages

Download or read book Bulletin written by Östasiatiska museet and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Art and Archaeology

Download or read book Indian Art and Archaeology written by Ellen Raven and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-07-17 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book From Temple to Museum

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  • Author : Salila Kulshreshtha
  • Publisher : Taylor & Francis
  • Release : 2017-10-05
  • ISBN : 1351356097
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book From Temple to Museum written by Salila Kulshreshtha and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose and evolution by contextualising them in their original architectural or ritual setting while also following their displacement. The work examines how these images may have moved during different spates of temple renovation and acquired new identities by being relocated either within sacred precincts or in private collections and museums, art markets or even desecrated and lost. The book highlights contentious issues in Indian archaeology such as renegotiating identities of religious images, reuse and sharing of sacred space by adherents of different faiths, rebuilding of temples and consequent reinvention of these sites. The author also engages with postcolonial debates surrounding history writing and knowledge creation in British India and how colonial archaeology, archival practices, official surveys and institutionalisation of museums has influenced the current understanding of religion, sacred space and religious icons. In doing so it bridges the historiographical divide between the ancient and the modern as well as socio-religious practices and their institutional memory and preservation. Drawn from a wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study of religious sculptures, classical texts, colonial archival records, British travelogues, official correspondences and fieldwork, the book will interest scholars and researchers of history, archaeology, religion, art history, museums studies, South Asian studies and Buddhist studies.