Shifting stones, shaping the past : sculpture from the Buddhist stupas of Andhra Pradesh

Shifting stones, shaping the past : sculpture from the Buddhist stupas of Andhra Pradesh / Catherine Becker.

In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second and third centuries of the Common Era to the present, Catherine Becker shows how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Becker, Catherine, 1974- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Buddhist relief (Sculpture) > India > Andhra Pradesh.
Relief (Sculpture), Indic > India > Andhra Pradesh.
Limestone sculpture > India > Andhra Pradesh.
Decoration and ornament, Architectural > India > Andhra Pradesh.
Stūpas > India > Andhra Pradesh.
Art and society > India > Andhra Pradesh.
Art and society
Buddhist relief (Sculpture)
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Limestone sculpture
Relief (Sculpture), Indic
Stūpas
Visual Arts.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Sculpture.
India > Andhra Pradesh
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Table of Contents:
  • Keeping the faith: Andhra's stūpas as sites of transformation
  • Seeing is believing: visual narration at Andhra's stūpas
  • Hyderabad's Hussain Sagar Buddha
  • Marketing enlightenment: the development of Andhra's Buddhist tourist potential
  • Kalachakra 2006: Amarāvatī welcomes the world.

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