Gandhāran Art in Its Buddhist Context
Papers from the Fifth International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 21st-23rd March, 2022
Edited by Wannaporn Rienjang Edited by Peter Stewart
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(March 2023)
ISBN: 9781803274737
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This book considers Gandharan art in relation to its religious contexts and meanings within ancient Buddhism. Addressing the responses of patrons and worshippers at the monasteries and shrines of Gandhara, papers seek to understand more about why Gandharan art was made and what its iconographical repertoire meant to ancient viewers.
Gandharan Art in its Buddhist Context is the fifth set of papers from the workshops of the Classical Art Research Centre’s Gandhara Connections project. These selected studies revolve around perhaps the most fundamental topic of all for understanding Gandharan art: its religious contexts and meanings within ancient Buddhism. Addressing the responses of patrons and worshippers at the monasteries and shrines of Gandhara, these papers seek to understand more about why Gandharan art was made and what its iconographical repertoire meant to ancient viewers. The contributions from an array of international experts consider dedicatory practices in monasteries, the representation of Buddhas, and the lessons to be learned from some of the latest excavations and survey work in the region.
Preface - Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart Selling space at the monastery and making economic sense of the 'intrusive' at monastic sites in Gandhara - Gregory Schopen Does iconography really matter? Iconographical specification of Buddha images in pre-esoteric Buddhist art - Juhyung Rhi Solving the riddle of the 'Muhammad Nari Stele': a new look - Dessislava Vendova Early Gandharan art: artists and working processes at Saidu Sharif I - Luca M. Olivieri Buddhist art of Gandhara: a catalogue of newly documented sites in Malakand District - Fozia Naz, Preface – Wannaporn Rienjang and Peter Stewart [DOI: 10.32028/9781803274737-01 Selling space at the monastery and making economic sense of the ‘intrusive’ at monastic sites in Gandhāra – Gregory Schopen [DOI: 10.32028/9781803274737-02 Does iconography really matter? Iconographical specification of Buddha images in pre-esoteric Buddhist art – Juhyung Rhi [DOI: 10.32028/9781803274737-03 Solving the riddle of the ‘Muhammad Nari Stele’: a new look – Dessislava Vendova [DOI: 10.32028/9781803274737-04 Early Gandhāran art: artists and working processes at Saidu Sharif I – Luca M. Olivieri [DOI: 10.32028/9781803274737-05 Buddhist art of Gandhāra: a catalogue of newly documented sites in Malakand District – Fozia Naz [DOI: 10.32028/9781803274737-06]
- Edited by Wannaporn Rienjang
- Edited by Peter Stewart
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