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The Hindu-Buddhist sculpture of ancient Kashmir and its influences /

This book is primarily based on the study of the largely unpublished corpus of sculpture, mostly of stone, in the Sri Pratap Singh Museum in Srinagar, and of other examples "in situ" elsewhere in the valley. The disparate nature and fragmentary condition of these sculptures as well as thei...

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Main Authors: Siudmak, John
Published: Brill,
Publisher Address: Leiden :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Handbook of Oriental studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section Two, South Asia, volume 28
Subjects:
Hindu sculpture > India > Jammu and Kashmir
Buddhist sculpture > India > Jammu and Kashmir
Summary: This book is primarily based on the study of the largely unpublished corpus of sculpture, mostly of stone, in the Sri Pratap Singh Museum in Srinagar, and of other examples "in situ" elsewhere in the valley. The disparate nature and fragmentary condition of these sculptures as well as their artistic and iconographical influences have for long defied accurate analysis. The method used in the classification of these sculptures is based on close analysis of their style concentrating on recurring features such as facial andphysical typology, modelling, dress and ornamentation. Comparisons are ma
Carrier Form: xxxi, 514 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [501]-509) and index.
ISBN: 9789004243156 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
9004243151 (hardback : alkaline paper)
9789004248328 (e-book)
9004248323 (e-book)
Index Number: DS401
CLC: J331(351)
Call Number: J331(351)/S623
Contents: Historical and Cultural Background of Kashmir up to 1003 AD -- Early Sculptures -- The Formative Period: Sculptures from Bijbihara of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries -- The Formative Period: Sculptures from Baramula of the Fifth to the Sixth Century -- Post-Gupta Influence: The Art of Pandrethan and Related Sculptures of the First Half of the Seventh Century -- The Emergence of the Classical Style: Buddhist Sculpture of the Seventh Century -- Buddhist Sculpture of the Eighth Century up till the end of the Kārkoṭa Period -- The Classical Style: Brahmanical Sculpture of the Kārkoṭa Perio

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