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The Art of Gandhara in the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Behrendt, Kurt Allen
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| Date | 2007 |
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| Pages | 115 |
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| Publisher | Yale University Press |
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http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp
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| Location | New Haven, CT, US [紐哈芬市, 康乃狄克州, 美國] |
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| Content type | 書籍=Book |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Abstract | Gandhara was an ancient region of Pakistan that controlled a series of key passes for Silk Road trade among India, China, and Mediterranean lands. This steady commerce provided the financial foundation for the sustained patronage of luxury goods as well as Buddhist monastic sites and devotional sculpture. Drawing on the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, this book traces the complex and changing artistic tradition of Gandhara, from Northwest Pakistan and Eastern Afghanistan in the 2nd century BC until the 8th century.
This book also explores early urban material, international trade, and the emergence and development of Buddhist art in the region, specifically addressing the relic tradition, narrative art, and iconic representations of Buddhas and bodhisattvas. The latest period of production is characterized by the fabrication of monumental imagery as well as the clay and stucco production of Afghanistan. |
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| Table of contents | Director's Foreword Philippe de Montebello
Acknowledgments
Chronological Outline of Greater Gandhara
Map of Greater Gandhara
Gandharan Cultural History: An Introduction
Foreign Styles and Urban Tastes
Early Buddhism in Gandhara: Reliquaries and Narrative Relief
Panels
The Emergence of Devotional Buddha and Bodhisattva
Sculptures
Late Buddhist Art in Greater Gandhara
Glossary
Bibliography
Index |
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| ISBN | 9780300120271; 0300120273 |
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| Hits | 708 |
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| Created date | 2008.11.27 |
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| Modified date | 2014.05.20 |
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