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Ajanta : history and development. Volume 6: defining features /
Volume 6, in Walter Spink's detailed analysis of the creation and development of the Ajanta caves, during the reign of the emperor Harisena (c.460-c.477) has had a profound and often upsetting impact on the understanding of Indian history in the so-called Golden Age. The author contends that th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Koninklijke Brill NV,
2013.
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| Colección: | Ajanta: History and Development ;
18/6. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Ajanta: Site From Viewpoint; Ajanta Site Plan with Patrons; Time Chart: Ajanta and Related Sites; Reconstruction of Events Related to the Development of the Vakataka Caves ; Map of Vakataka Sites; Ajanta: A Brief Resume; Chapter One The Usages of War ; Resume: The Effect of Conflicts on Ajanta's Development; Chapter Two Regarding Important Time Chart Changes ; Chapter Three Defining Features ; Introduction; The Origins of Ajanta's Main Phase: 462-480; The Pace of Ajanta's Development; Pillars: Forms and Features; Transition from Octagonal Shafts to Square-Based Types.
- Increasing Complexity in Shaft DesignRevisions and Transformations in Pillar Forms; Transformations in Cave 11; The Evolution of "ribbed" Capital Brackets; The Shift to Capital Brackets with Plain Undersurfaces; The Significance of Sculpture at the Site; Further Complexities: Added Figural Brackets; Pilasters; Porch Plans; Porch Windows; Porch Doorways; Doorway Fitting Modes: A Review; Recesses on Cell Doorway Fronts; Shrines and Shrine Buddhas; Candrasilas: Steps-No Steps; Excavation Techniques: Imprecise vs. Precise; Changes in Wall Thickness; Storage Niches; Astylar vs Multistylar.
- Chapter Four Illustrations & Labels-Shrine Buddhas 1. Shrine Buddhas; 2. Pillar Development; 3. Pillar Capitals; 4. Pilasters; 5. Doorways; 6. Door Females; 7. Doorbase; 8. Doorbacks; 9. Figural Brackets; 10. Windows; 11. Porch Ends; 12. Candrasilas; 13. Recesses of Doorways; Summary of Evidence Bearing upon the Disputed Dating of Harisena's Reign ; Introduction of Various Buddha Features at Ajanta and Related Sites ; Defining Features for the Vakataka Phase at Ajanta 462-470 A.D.