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Art and landscape Buddhist rock sculptures of late antique Swat/Uḍḍiyāna /
Buddhist rock sculpture of Swat/Uddiyana (7th-8th cent. CE): Analytical study of its aesthetic values, technical concept, historical background and cultural influence.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Wien :
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften,
2015.
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| Series: | Denkschriften (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) ;
462. Bd. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Pierfrancesco Callieri and Michael Alram – Preface – Part I. Analytical study – Introduction – A general overview – The “decline of Buddhism” : a new archaeological framework for cultural changes – The iconographic and stylistic language of the sculptures – Avalokiteśvara-Padmapāni – Maitreya – The whispering of Vajrayāna – The “alien” presences – Appendix I. Graphic summary – Appendix II. Rock-cut carving and stelae in the Swat Valley : a commentary on the carving technique by Peter Rockwell – Part II. The corpus of the sculptures : catalogue and photographic documentation – Introduction – Catalogue – Illustrations Part II – Tables of correspondences – References – Analytical index – List of figures of Part I – List of negatives of the photographs of Part II.