The Hindu-Buddhist sculpture of ancient Kashmir and its influences / by John Siudmak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siudmak, John.

Series:

Handbook of Oriental Studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section Two, South Asia ; v. 28.

Handbook of Oriental Studies = Handbuch der Orientalistik. Section Two, South Asia, 0169-9377 ; v. 28

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu sculpture--India--Jammu and Kashmir.

Hindu sculpture.

Buddhist sculpture--India--Jammu and Kashmir.

Buddhist sculpture.

India--Jammu and Kashmir.

Physical Description:

xxxi, 514 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2013.

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This book is primarily based on the study of the largely unpublished corpus of sculpture, mostly of stone, in the Sri Pratap Singh Museum in Srinagar, and of other examples "in situ" elsewhere in the valley.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 made with other examples of Kashmir bronze, ivory and stone sculpture in private and public collections both within India and abroad.

Contents:

1 Historical and Cultural Background of Kashmir Up to 1003 AD 9

Physical Features 9

Political History 11

Style and Stylistic Change 21

Cultural History 26

2 Early Sculptures 31

Locally Produced and Imported Sculptures (Dating From the Late First Millennium BCE to the Second Century CE 31

Locally Produced Sculptures 32

I The Semthan Terracottas with Hellenistic Subject Matter 32

II The Semthan Terracottas with Indian Subject Matter 43

III The Mamal Addorsed Bull Capital 48

IV Stone Sculpture of Apollo Carved in the Round 52

Imported Sculptures 52

I Terracotta Objects 54

II Stone Objects 57

III Metal Objects 60

Sculptures in Gandhara Style from the Late First Century to the Beginning of the Fifth 64

I Stone Sculpture 65

II Metal Images 71

3 The Formative Period: Sculptures from Bijbihara of the Fifth and Sixth Centuries 77

The Early Phase of the Fifth Century 80

The Later Phase of the Sixth Century 122

4 The Formative Period: Sculptures from Baramula of the Fifth to the Sixth Century 131

The Later Phase of the Sixth Century 136

Parallel Styles in the Kabul Valley and the North-West 189

5 Post-Gupta Influence: The Art of Pandrethan and Related Sculptures of the First Half of the Seventh Century 197

6 The Emergence of the Classical Style: Buddhist Sculpture of the Seventh Century 257

The Buddhist Bronze Sculpture of Swat 297

Sculptures from Bolor of the Seventh Century 303

7 Buddhist Sculpture of the Eighth Century Up Till the End of the Karkota Period 311

Bronzes Inscribed with the Names of the Patola Sahis and Related Examples 311

The Classical Style: Buddhist Sculpture of the Eighth Century from Parihasapura and Elsewhere in the Valley through the Karkota Period 331

8 The Classical Style: Brahmanical Sculpture of the Karkota Period 371

The Influence of the Classical Style 426

I The Ancient Gandhara Region 426

II Chamba 426

9 The Sculpture of Avantipura and the Art of the Utpalas up to the Beginning of the Lohara Dynasty (CA. 850-1003 AD) 429

The Influence of the Utpala Style 492.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004243156

9004243151

OCLC:

820665702