The Art and Archaeology of Sri Lanka
Author | : Leelananda Prematilleka |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Sri Lanka |
ISBN | : 9789556132106 |
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Author | : Leelananda Prematilleka |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 896 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Sri Lanka |
ISBN | : 9789556132106 |
Author | : Zoltán Biedermann |
Publisher | : UCL Press |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2017-06-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1911307843 |
The peoples of Sri Lanka have participated in far-flung trading networks, religious formations, and Asian and European empires for millennia. This interdisciplinary volume sets out to draw Sri Lanka into the field of Asian and Global History by showing how the latest wave of scholarship has explored the island as a ‘crossroads’, a place defined by its openness to movement across the Indian Ocean.Experts in the history, archaeology, literature and art of the island from c.500 BCE to c.1850 CE use Lankan material to explore a number of pressing scholarly debates. They address these matters from their varied disciplinary perspectives and diverse array of sources, critically assessing concepts such as ethnicity, cosmopolitanism and localisation, and elucidating the subtle ways in which the foreign may be resisted and embraced at the same time. The individual chapters, and the volume as a whole, are a welcome addition to the history and historiography of Sri Lanka, as well as studies of the Indian Ocean region, kingship, colonialism, imperialism, and early modernity.
Author | : Johanna Engelberta van Lohuizen-de Leeuw |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 2 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Sujatha Arundathi Meegama |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2018-02-28 |
Genre | : Art, Sri Lankan |
ISBN | : 9789383243181 |
-Multiple voices and mediums locate the island within its larger geographical space, giving Sri Lanka a unique voice in the global artistic community -Bringing attention to Sri Lanka's contacts with the European world -Of interest to students and enthusiasts of Asian art and interesecting culture This anthology of essays devoted to Sri Lanka's art histories, showcases current research into the island's diverse artistic traditions. Ranging from the ancient city of Anuradapura to the contemporary art scene, this volume highlights the art histories that connect local, regional and global art worlds. Expanding the canon beyond the standard Sinhala-Buddhist narrative, the writers attend to the subtle and complex processes of connectedness that embed Sri Lanka's art histories in various transnational moments. They also pay attention to producers and patrons by attending closely to the visual surfaces of various forms and mediums. At times the writers approach the artistic traditions of the island from the outside; at other times they consider them from the inside, locating the island's artistic heritages in the dialectical relationship between national traditions and connected cultures. This intervention is but a first step in rethinking the art histories of the island.
Author | : Sita Pieris |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 897 |
Release | : 2010-11-19 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 9004191488 |
Volume Three offers 1643 annotated records on publications regarding the art and archaeology of South Asia, Central Asia and Tibet selected from the ABIA Index database at www.abia.net which were published between 2002 and 2007.
Author | : Robert B. Marks Ridinger |
Publisher | : Greenwood |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0313300011 |
Filling a distinct gap in the reference literature of archaeology, this bibliography provides an introduction to the vast and varied literature produced by the practice of archaeology in the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka since the early 19th Century. The annotated entries are arranged geographically by contemporary political subdivisions, with now-vanished native states and jurisdictions from the days of the British Raj cross-referenced to the modern subdivision. Within each section, entries are arranged chronologically, permitting the user to trace the inception and development of archaeological field survey and investigation regionally. Summarizing the contents of each title, the annotations place the titles within the broader context of South Asian archaeological scholarship. An appendix lists the major Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Indian legislation regulating the conservation and preservation of archaeological sites and artifacts and the antiquities trade. The bibliography places emphasis on works in English or other Western languages that are located easily outside of South Asia.