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Author : Muhammad Bahadar Khan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Gandhara Stone Sculptures in Taxila Museum written by Muhammad Bahadar Khan and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wannaporn Rienjang
Publisher : Archaeopress
ISBN 13 : 1789691877
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book The Geography of Gandhāran Art written by Wannaporn Rienjang and published by Archaeopress. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gandhāran art is usually regarded as a single phenomenon – a unified regional artistic tradition or 'school'. Indeed it has distinctive visual characteristics, materials, and functions, and is characterized by its extensive borrowings from the Graeco-Roman world. Yet this tradition is also highly varied. Even the superficial homogeneity of Gandhāran sculpture, which constitutes the bulk of documented artistic material from this region in the early centuries AD, belies a considerable range of styles, technical approaches, iconographic choices, and levels of artistic skill. The geographical variations in Gandhāran art have received less attention than they deserve. Many surviving Gandhāran artefacts are unprovenanced and the difficulty of tracing substantial assemblages of sculpture to particular sites has obscured the fine-grained picture of its artistic geography. Well documented modern excavations at particular sites and areas, such as the projects of the Italian Archaeological Mission in the Swat Valley, have demonstrated the value of looking at sculptures in context and considering distinctive aspects of their production, use, and reuse within a specific locality. However, insights of this kind have been harder to gain for other areas, including the Gandhāran heartland of the Peshawar basin. Even where large collections of artworks can be related to individual sites, the exercise of comparing material within and between these places is still at an early stage. The relationship between the Gandhāran artists or 'workshops', particular stone sources, and specific sites is still unclear. Addressing these and other questions, this second volume of the Gandhara Connections project at Oxford University’s Classical Art Research Centre presents the proceedings of a workshop held in March 2018. Its aim is to pick apart the regional geography of Gandhāran art, presenting new discoveries at particular sites, textual evidence, and the challenges and opportunities of exploring Gandhāra’s artistic geography.
Author : Peter Stewart
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803276959
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Gandharan Art and the Classical World: A Short Introduction written by Peter Stewart and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2023-12-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an introduction to Gandharan art and the mystery of its relationship with the Graeco-Roman world of the Mediterranean. It presents an accessible explanation of the ancient and modern contexts of Gandharan art, the state of scholarship on the subject, and guidance for further, in-depth study.
Author : Wannaporn Rienjang
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1803272341
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhāran Art written by Wannaporn Rienjang and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the archaeologists and smugglers of the Raj to the museums of post-partition Pakistan and India, from coin-forgers and contraband to modern Buddhism and contemporary art, this fourth volume of the Gandhāra Connections project presents the most recent research on the factors that mediate our encounter with Gandhāran art.
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Total Pages : 394 pages
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Download or read book Gandhara, the Buddhist Heritage of Pakistan written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wannaporn Rienjang
Publisher : Archaeopress
ISBN 13 : 1784918555
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)
Download or read book Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art written by Wannaporn Rienjang and published by Archaeopress. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of Gandhāran studies in the nineteenth century, chronology has been one of the most significant challenges to the understanding of Gandhāran art. Many other ancient societies, including those of Greece and Rome, have left a wealth of textual sources which have put their fundamental chronological frameworks beyond doubt. In the absence of such sources on a similar scale, even the historical eras cited on inscribed Gandhāran works of art have been hard to place. Few sculptures have such inscriptions and the majority lack any record of find-spot or even general provenance. Those known to have been found at particular sites were sometimes moved and reused in antiquity. Consequently, the provisional dates assigned to extant Gandhāran sculptures have sometimes differed by centuries, while the narrative of artistic development remains doubtful and inconsistent. Building upon the most recent, cross-disciplinary research, debate and excavation, this volume reinforces a new consensus about the chronology of Gandhāra, bringing the history of Gandhāran art into sharper focus than ever. By considering this tradition in its wider context, alongside contemporary Indian art and subsequent developments in Central Asia, the authors also open up fresh questions and problems which a new phase of research will need to address. Problems of Chronology in Gandhāran Art is the first publication of the Gandhāra Connections project at the University of Oxford’s Classical Art Research Centre, which has been supported by the Bagri Foundation and the Neil Kreitman Foundation. It presents the proceedings of the first of three international workshops on fundamental questions in the study of Gandhāran art, held at Oxford in March 2017.
Author : Tissot, Francine
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9231040308
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of the National Museum of Afghanistan, 1931-1985 written by Tissot, Francine and published by UNESCO Publishing. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important catalogue presents the collection in its entirety, before the looting and destruction of war. It is an invaluable tool in the fight against illicit trafficking and the preservation of Afghanistan's cultural heritage. Situated at the crossroads of the world's oldest trade routes and populated by a mosaic of cultures, Afghanistan has been the theatre of repeated conflicts over its long and complex history. In the midst of the warfare and civil unrest that ravaged this ancient land during the last two decades of the twentieth century, hundreds of precious artefacts were plundered from the collections of the National Museum of Afghanistan in Kabul, which was founded in the early 1930s. The destruction of these irreplaceable treasures like the much-publicized Bamiyan Buddhas that were brutally destroyed in 2001 represents a tremendous loss not only for the people of Afghanistan but for all of humanity.With the aim of keeping alive the memory of the museum's scattered collections, specialist Francine Tissot has compiled a systematic listing of the holdings as they were conserved, in their intact state, in the museum's showcases and reserve collections until 1985. This comprehensive catalogue, is illustrated with over 1,600 photographs and drawings.
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Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Archives of Asian Art written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Publisher : Los Angeles County Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 9780875871295
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (712 download)
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:
Author : Kurt Behrendt
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774841281
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Gandharan Buddhism written by Kurt Behrendt and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient region of Gandhara, with its prominent Buddhist heritage, has long fascinated scholars of art history, archaeology, and textual studies. Discoveries of inscriptions, text fragments, sites, and artworks in the last decade have added new pieces to the Gandharan puzzle, redefining how we understand the region and its cultural complexity. The essays in this volume reassess Gandharan Buddhism in light of these findings, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach that illuminates the complex historical and cultural dynamics of the region. By integrating archaeology, art history, numismatics, epigraphy, and textual sources, the contributors articulate the nature of Gandharan Buddhism and its practices, along with the significance of the relic tradition. Contributions by several giants in the field, including Shoshin Kuwayama, John Rosenfield, and the late Maurizio Taddei, set the geographical, historical, and archaeological parameters for the collection. The result is a productive interdisciplinary conversation on the enigmatic nature of Gandharan Buddhism that joins together a number of significant pieces in a complex cultural mosaic. It will appeal to a large and diverse readership, including those interested in the early Buddhist religious tradition of Asia and its art, as well as specialists in the study of South and Central Asian Buddhist art, archaeology, and texts. A Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588392244
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2007 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Stewart
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult
ISBN 13 : 0199240949
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)
Download or read book Statues in Roman Society written by Peter Stewart and published by Oxford Studies in Ancient Cult. This book was released on 2003 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Statues are among the most familiar remnants of classical art. Yet their prominence in ancient society is often ignored. In the Roman world statues were ubiquitous. Whether they were displayed as public honours or memorials, collected as works of art, dedicated to deities, venerated as gods,or violated as symbols of a defeated political regime, they were recognized individually and collectively as objects of enormous significance.By analysing ancient texts and images, Statues in Roman Society unravels the web of associations which surrounded Roman statues. Addressing all categories of statuary together for the first time, it illuminates them in ancient terms, explaining expectations of what statues were or ought to be anddescribing the Romans' uneasy relationship with 'the other population' in their midst.
Author : Himanshu Prabha Ray
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351252747
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (512 download)
Download or read book Buddhism and Gandhara written by Himanshu Prabha Ray and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-12-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gandhara is a name central to Buddhist heritage and iconography. It is the ancient name of a region in present-day Pakistan, bounded on the west by the Hindu Kush mountain range and to the north by the foothills of the Himalayas. ‘Gandhara’ is also the term given to this region’s sculptural and architectural features between the first and sixth centuries CE. This book re-examines the archaeological material excavated in the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and traces the link between archaeological work, histories of museum collections and related interpretations by art historians. The essays in the volume underscore the diverse cultural traditions of Gandhara – from a variety of sources and perspectives on language, ethnicity and material culture (including classical accounts, Chinese writings, coins and Sanskrit epics) – as well as interrogate the grand narrative of Hellenism of which Gandhara has been a part. The book explores the making of collections of what came to be described as Gandhara art and reviews the Buddhist artistic tradition through notions of mobility and dynamic networks of transmission. Wide ranging and rigorous, this volume will appeal to scholars and researchers of early South Asian history, archaeology, religion (especially Buddhist studies), art history and museums.
Author : Wannaporn Rienjang
Publisher : Classical Art Research Centre
ISBN 13 : 1789696968
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)
Download or read book The Global Connections of Gandhāran Art written by Wannaporn Rienjang and published by Classical Art Research Centre. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gandhāran art is often regarded as the epitome of cultural exchange in antiquity. The ancient region of Gandhāra, centred on what is now the northern tip of Pakistan, has been called the ‘crossroads of Asia’. The Buddhist art produced in and around this area in the first few centuries AD exhibits extraordinary connections with other traditions across Asia and as far as the Mediterranean. Since the nineteenth century, the Graeco-Roman associations of Gandhāran art have attracted particular attention. Classically educated soldiers and administrators of that era were astonished by the uncanny resemblance of many works of Gandhāran sculpture to Greek and Roman art made thousands of miles to the west. More than a century later we can recognize that the Gandhāran artists’ appropriation of classical iconography and styles was diverse and extensive, but the explanation of this ‘influence’ remains puzzling and elusive. The Gandhāra Connections project at the University of Oxford’s Classical Art Research Centre was initiated principally to cast new light on this old problem. This volume is the third set of proceedings of the project’s annual workshop, and the first to address directly the question of cross-cultural influence on and by Gandhāran art. The contributors wrestle with old controversies, particularly the notion that Gandhāran art is a legacy of Hellenistic Greek rule in Central Asia and the growing consensus around the important role of the Roman Empire in shaping it. But they also seek to present a more complex and expansive view of the networks in which Gandhāra was embedded. Adopting a global perspective on the subject, they examine aspects of Gandhāra’s connections both within and beyond South Asia and Central Asia, including the profound influence which Gandhāran art itself had on the development of Buddhist art in China and India.
Author : British Museum
Publisher : Art Media Resources
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Catalogue of the Gandhāra Sculpture in the British Museum: Text written by British Museum and published by Art Media Resources. This book was released on 1996 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This catalogue publishes the British Museum's collection of Gandhara sculpture. It illustrates and describes 680 objects, and where possible includes comparisons and literary references. The catalogue also contains an extensive bibliography as well as concordances and indexes.
Author : Kurt A. Behrendt
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004135956
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book Handbuch der Orientalistik written by Kurt A. Behrendt and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kurt Behrendt in this book for the first time and convincingly offers a description of the development of 2nd century B.C.E. to 8th century C.E. Buddhist sacred centers in ancient Gandhara, today northwest Pakistan.
Author : John Marshall
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107615445
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)
Download or read book A Guide to Taxila written by John Marshall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written to provide a concise guide to the ruins of Taxila, excavation of which was led by British archaeologist John Marshall.
