The Creative South : Buddhist and Hindu Art in Mediaeval Maritime Asia / edited by Andrea Acri, Peter Sharrock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Acri, Andrea, editor.

Sharrock, Peter, editor.

ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, publisher.

Language:

English

French

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Art, Medieval--Asia--History.

Art, Medieval.

Art, Medieval--Asia--Pictorial works.

Buddhist art--Asia--History.

Buddhist art.

Buddhist art--Asia--Pictorial works.

Hindu art--Asia--History.

Hindu art.

Hindu art--Asia--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, 2023.

Language Note:

Includes quotations in Sanskrit or French, some with English translation.

Summary:

This edited volume programmatically reconsiders the creative contribution of the littoral and insular regions of Maritime Asia to shaping new paradigms in the Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture of the mediaeval Asian world. Far from being a mere southern conduit for the maritime circulation of Indic religions, in the period from circa the seventh to the fourteenth-century those regions transformed across mainland and island polities the rituals, icons, and architecture that embodied these religious insights with a dynamism that often eclipsed the established cultural centres in Northern India, Central Asia, and mainland China. This collective body of work brings together new research aiming to recalibrate the importance of these innovations in art and architecture, thereby highlighting the cultural creativity of the monsoon-influenced Southern rim of the Asian landmass.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction: Volume 1: Intra-Asian Transfers and Mainland Southeast Asia

PART I: INFLUENCES FROM THE SOUTH

2. From Melayu to Thamel and Back: The Transmigration of the Eight-Armed Amoghapāśa

3. In the Footsteps of Amoghavajra (705–774): Southern Indian Artistic Mode in Tang China and its Transmission to Tibet

4. Heruka-Maṇḍalas across Maritime Asia

PART II: TRANSFERS AND INNOVATIONS IN MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA

5. Goddess Prajñāpāramitā and Esoteric Buddhism in Jayavarman VII’s Angkor

6. Dancers, Musicians, Ascetics, and Priests: Performance-based Śaiva Worship and its Development in the Temple Cults of Angkor

7. Libraries or Fire Shrines? Reinterpreting the Function of ‘Annex Buildings’ in Khmer Śaiva Temples from the Prism of Early Śaivism

8. Śaiva Religious Iconography: Dancing Śiva in Multi-Polity Medieval Campā

9. The Colossal Trà Kiệu Pedestal in Campā and its Relationship to Courtly Culture in Cambodia, East Java, and China

10. On the Chronological Interrelationship between Newly Found Inscriptions and the Temple Architecture of Campā: The Hòa Lai and Po Dam Sites

The Contributors

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 14 Nov 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789814951494

9814951498

OCLC:

1334101899