Gender In Gandharan Art
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Author | : Ashwini Lakshminarayanan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-05 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9782503609515 |
Gandharan art developed around the first century BCE till the fourth century CE in parts of present-day Afghanistan and Pakistan and has been the focus of intense scholarly debates in both Classical and South Asian Studies for many decades. In this book, Ashwini Lakshminarayan offers for the first time a specialized study on gender using Gandharan material culture and convincingly proposes new readings of visual culture beyond Eurocentric and postcolonial interpretations. This book sets the stage with a detailed overview of the contexts in which Gandharan art was located in Buddhist sites by analysing the gendered use of space, and the gender and activities of donors and administrators. At its core, the book gives prominence to the stone reliefs of Gandhara and examines how male and female bodies are represented, how they interact, and how gender symbolised ideals and values. With an important comparative overview of the Gandharan artistic production and new illustrations, this work is indispensable for all those interested in the study of gender in ancient art, the interaction between Graeco-Roman and Indic cultures, and the development of the early Buddhist artistic tradition in South and Central Asia that also shaped Buddhist visual culture eastwards in China.
Author | : Vidya Dehejia |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Seema Bawa |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Art, Ancient |
ISBN | : 9788124606643 |
Author | : Wannaporn Rienjang |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2022-03-10 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1803272341 |
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.
Author | : Frank Raymond Allchin |
Publisher | : Regency Publications (India) |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Papers presented at a conference.
Author | : Miranda Eberle Shaw |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 612 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780691127583 |
Author | : Kurt Behrendt |
Publisher | : UBC Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2011-11-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0774841281 |
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 | : Lolita Nehru |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
This study of the origins of the Gandharan style of ancient Indian sculpture focuses on three broad themes: the extent to which the sculpture drew from Graeco-Roman, Parthian, Central Asian, and Indian traditions; the extent to which Hellenization penetrated the east and the remarkable cultural resilience of Hellenism long after the political collapse of the Greek kingdoms; and the formulation of a native Gandharan style from the absorption, transformation, and rejection of stylistic elements at work in the Gandharan region.
Author | : Madeleine Hallade |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Otto Von Busch |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2022-02-10 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 1350179922 |
What is the relationship between the soul, or inner life, and what we wear in the making of identity and belief? What bearing do religious and political belonging, respectability, and resistance have on the way in which we dress? Why have more traditional religious practices been so prescriptive about body adornment? Historically, fashionable dress and religion have been positioned as polar opposites. Silhouettes of the Soul brings them together, placing them in conversation with each other. By moving beyond traditional, social scientific, and historical analysis of religious attire and adornment the book presents a variety of disciplinary approaches from across regional, social, and religious locations. Contentious and challenging, as well as academically rigorous, the book's diverse range of contributors - from fashion and religious studies scholars, to designers, activists, monastics, and journalists - explore the relationship between religion and fashion, extending the meanings and possibilities of both dress and spirituality. Combining interviews and personal stories with more traditional theoretical analysis, Silhouettes of the Soul offers new ways of looking at the relationship between religion, personal convictions, and self-expression - our sense of self and our sense of fashion.