Research Catalog

Title

The global connections of Gandharan art : proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 18th-19th March, 2019 / edited by Wannaporn Rienjang, Peter Stewart.

Author

International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project (3rd : 2019 : University of Oxford), creator.

Publication

• Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd., [2020]
• ©2020

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Additional Authors

• Rienjang, Wannaporn,
• Stewart, Peter, 1971-
• University of Oxford, host institution.

Description

vii, 264 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color); 28 cm.

Summary

Gandharan art is often regarded as the epitome of cultural exchange in antiquity. The ancient region of Gandhara, centred on what is now the northern tip of Pakistan, has been called the 'crossroads of Asia'. The Buddhist art produced in and around this area in the first few centuries AD exhibits extraordinary connections with other traditions across Asia and as far as the Mediterranean. Since the nineteenth century, the Graeco-Roman associations of Gandharan art have attracted particular attention. Classically educated soldiers and administrators of that era were astonished by the uncanny resemblance of many works of Gandharan sculpture to Greek and Roman art made thousands of miles to the west. More than a century later we can recognize that the Gandharan artists' appropriation of classical iconography and styles was diverse and extensive, but the explanation of this 'influence' remains puzzling and elusive. The Gandhara Connections project at the University of Oxford's Classical Art Research Centre was initiated principally to cast new light on this old problem.0This volume is the third set of proceedings of the project's annual workshop, and the first to address directly the question of cross-cultural influence on and by Gandharan art. The contributors wrestle with old controversies, particularly the notion that Gandharan art is a legacy of Hellenistic Greek rule in Central Asia and the growing consensus around the important role of the Roman Empire in shaping it. But they also seek to present a more complex and expansive view of the networks in which Gandhara was embedded. Adopting a global perspective on the subject, they examine aspects of Gandhara's connections both within and beyond South Asia and Central Asia, including the profound influence which Gandharan art itself had on the development of Buddhist art in China and India.

Series Statement

Archaeopress archaeology

Uniform Title

Archaeopress archaeology.

Subject

• Art, Gandhara > Congresses
• Art, Gandhara

Genre/Form

Conference papers and proceedings.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN

• 9781789696950
• 178969695X
• 9781789696967 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

60002423580

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries