History of Early Stone Sculpture at Mathura, Ca. 150 Bce - 100 CE

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15537-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 25, 314 Seiten, Format (B × H): 225 mm x 301 mm, Gewicht: 1913 g

Reihe: Studies in Asian Art and Archaeology

This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jainism, and the proliferation of cults of nature divinities. This book provides a wealth of reference material useful for historians of early Indian art, religion, and epigraphy.
The book is illustrated with over three hundred photographs, and it includes epigraphic appendices with complete transcriptions and updated translations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Quintanilla, Sonya Rhie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen

Über Autor(innen)

Sonya Rhie Quintanilla, Ph.D. (1999) in History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University, is Curator of Asian Art at the San Diego Museum of Art. She has published on aspects of early Indian sculpture and Sultanate manuscript painting, including "Ayagapatas: Characteristics, Symbolism, and Chronology (Artibus Asiae, LV, 2000, pp. 79-137)