Ajanta: History and Development, Volume 3 the Arrival of the Uninvited - Couverture rigide

Spink, Walter

 
9789004148338: Ajanta: History and Development, Volume 3 the Arrival of the Uninvited
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004148337 ISBN 13 : 9789004148338
Editeur : Brill, 2005

Synopsis

Volume Three in the Ajanta series focuses on what the site tells us about what happened in the months following the death of emperor Harisena (478 A.D.).
In that year the great "Vakataka" patrons had to flee from Ajanta as a result of the Asmakas' takeover of the site. When soon the Asmakas themselves also had to leave because of the needs of war, the great phase of patronage ended at Ajanta. But now a host of pious intruders, mostly monks and devotees still living in the region, could make their own offerings, generally violating the original patrons' programs. In this systematic cave to cave treatment, it is shown through careful interpretation of the physical evidence, that remarkably these new and "uninvited" paintings and sculptures appear only on and/or in caves which had already been dedicated by the earlier patrons. By contrast, excavations where the Buddha image had not been completed, were never utilized for such votive donations.

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À propos de l?auteur

Walter M. Spink, Ph.D. (1954), Harvard, is Professor Emeritus, History of Art, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has published widely on Indian Art in general, and Ajanta and related sites in particular.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2005
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004148337
ISBN 13 
9789004148338
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
276
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