The Kingdom of Bamiyan: Buddhist Art and Culture of the Hindu Kush - Deborah Klimburg-Salter ( Series Maior V)
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- Anno Edizione:
- 1989
- Collana/Rivista:
- Series Maior - Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli, Seminario di Studi Asiatici ISSN 1824-6109
- Casa Editrice:
- L’Orientale Università degli Studi - Napoli
- Argomento:
- Archeologia del Vicino Oriente
Prezzo: € 150.00
Descrizione:
Editore: Istituto Universitario Orientale
pp. XX-226, 118 figure b/n f. t., Napoli-Roma
Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgements
List of Plates
List of Abbreviations
Maps 1 and 2
PART I: The Buddhist Culture of the Hindu Kush
Chapter I – Introduction
Previous Studies: The Art Historical Problem
Chapter II – Geographical Description
The Kingdom of Bāmiyān and the Bāmiyān Valley
Chapter III – The History of the Hindu Kush and Adjacent Areas Historical and Geographical Background
Sources for the Study of the History of the Hindu Kush Numismatic Evidence for Eastern Afghanistan Archaeological and Artistic Evidence
History of the Hindu Kush in the Sixth to Ninth Centuries
Chapter IV – Religion in the Hindu Kush and Adjacent Areas Forms of Buddhism: Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna – Exoteric Schools Vajrayāna- Exoteric School of the Mahayana Buddhist Art and Doctrine Archaeological and Literary Evidence for Buddhism in Central Asia and India; Swat and Gandhāra; Greater Kashmir; Central Asia
Indian Subcontinent
Buddhism in Eastern Afghanistan and the Hindu Kush Literary Evidence for Buddhism in the Hindu Kush The Mahāsāmghika and the Lokottaravādin
The Mahāvastu
The Srī-mālā-sūtra
The Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (MMK)
PART II: The Art of the Hindu Kush
Chapter V – The Archaeological Sites of the Hindu Kush Sixth to Ninth Centuries
Bāmiyān and the Buddhist Complex; Folādi
Kakrak
Fondukistān
Nigar
Chapter VI – A Relative Chronology for the Buddhist Art of the Hindu Kush
Criteria for a Stylistic Analysis Technique of Painting
Style of Figures
Color
Composition
Comparative Stylistic Analysis; Phase I; Phase II
The Colossal Sculptures of Bāmiyān
A Relative Chronology for the Art of the Bāmiyān Valley
Chapter VII – Some Buddhist Themes in the Art of the Hindu Kush Iconographic Choices
The Mandala
Paradise Scenes
The Spiritual Career of Śākyamuni
The Buddha-to-Be Śākyamuni in the Tumita Heaven The Visual Source
The Vitarkamudrā
The Triple-Crescent Crown; The Three-Pointed Cape; Shoulder Effulgences
The Abhiseka Ceremony and the Adaptation of Royal Symbolism Postscript
The Iconographic Program at Bāmiyān Maitreya
Dipankara Buddha
The Buddha in Mahāparanirvāna
Bāmiyān: The Iconographic Program in the Main Façade
Chapter VIII – The Meaning and Function of the Buddhist Complex in the Bāmiyān Valley; The Buddhist Pilgrimage Complex
State Ceremonial at Bāmiyān: The Pañcavārsika Courtly Traditions in the Hindu Kush Pre-Islamic Society in the Kingdom of Bāmiyān The Function
Chapter IX – Conclusion
Descriptive Catalogue of the Buddhist Sites of the Hindu Kush
Appendix I – The Kyoto University Archaeological Mission to Central Asia: Enumeration of the Caves in the Bāmiyān Valley
Appendix II – Comparative Formal Analysis of the Paintings of the Hindu Kush
Appendix III – Restoration of the Bāmiyān Buddhas by R. Sengupta
Bibliography
Index
pp. XX-226, 118 figure b/n f. t., Napoli-Roma
Contents
Foreword and Acknowledgements
List of Plates
List of Abbreviations
Maps 1 and 2
PART I: The Buddhist Culture of the Hindu Kush
Chapter I – Introduction
Previous Studies: The Art Historical Problem
Chapter II – Geographical Description
The Kingdom of Bāmiyān and the Bāmiyān Valley
Chapter III – The History of the Hindu Kush and Adjacent Areas Historical and Geographical Background
Sources for the Study of the History of the Hindu Kush Numismatic Evidence for Eastern Afghanistan Archaeological and Artistic Evidence
History of the Hindu Kush in the Sixth to Ninth Centuries
Chapter IV – Religion in the Hindu Kush and Adjacent Areas Forms of Buddhism: Hīnayāna, Mahāyāna and Vajrayāna Hīnayāna and Mahāyāna – Exoteric Schools Vajrayāna- Exoteric School of the Mahayana Buddhist Art and Doctrine Archaeological and Literary Evidence for Buddhism in Central Asia and India; Swat and Gandhāra; Greater Kashmir; Central Asia
Indian Subcontinent
Buddhism in Eastern Afghanistan and the Hindu Kush Literary Evidence for Buddhism in the Hindu Kush The Mahāsāmghika and the Lokottaravādin
The Mahāvastu
The Srī-mālā-sūtra
The Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (MMK)
PART II: The Art of the Hindu Kush
Chapter V – The Archaeological Sites of the Hindu Kush Sixth to Ninth Centuries
Bāmiyān and the Buddhist Complex; Folādi
Kakrak
Fondukistān
Nigar
Chapter VI – A Relative Chronology for the Buddhist Art of the Hindu Kush
Criteria for a Stylistic Analysis Technique of Painting
Style of Figures
Color
Composition
Comparative Stylistic Analysis; Phase I; Phase II
The Colossal Sculptures of Bāmiyān
A Relative Chronology for the Art of the Bāmiyān Valley
Chapter VII – Some Buddhist Themes in the Art of the Hindu Kush Iconographic Choices
The Mandala
Paradise Scenes
The Spiritual Career of Śākyamuni
The Buddha-to-Be Śākyamuni in the Tumita Heaven The Visual Source
The Vitarkamudrā
The Triple-Crescent Crown; The Three-Pointed Cape; Shoulder Effulgences
The Abhiseka Ceremony and the Adaptation of Royal Symbolism Postscript
The Iconographic Program at Bāmiyān Maitreya
Dipankara Buddha
The Buddha in Mahāparanirvāna
Bāmiyān: The Iconographic Program in the Main Façade
Chapter VIII – The Meaning and Function of the Buddhist Complex in the Bāmiyān Valley; The Buddhist Pilgrimage Complex
State Ceremonial at Bāmiyān: The Pañcavārsika Courtly Traditions in the Hindu Kush Pre-Islamic Society in the Kingdom of Bāmiyān The Function
Chapter IX – Conclusion
Descriptive Catalogue of the Buddhist Sites of the Hindu Kush
Appendix I – The Kyoto University Archaeological Mission to Central Asia: Enumeration of the Caves in the Bāmiyān Valley
Appendix II – Comparative Formal Analysis of the Paintings of the Hindu Kush
Appendix III – Restoration of the Bāmiyān Buddhas by R. Sengupta
Bibliography
Index