Catherine Becker

Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past

Sculpture from the Buddhist Stupas of Andhra Pradesh

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Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780199359400
• ISBN-10: 0199359407
• Artikelnr.: 47865190

Autorenporträt

Catherine Becker is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Keeping the Faith: Andhra's Stupas as Sites of Transformation
2. Seeing is Believing: Visual Narration at Andhra's Stupas
3. Hyderabad's Hussain Sagar Buddha
4. Marketing Enlightenment: The Development of Andhra's Buddhist Tourist Potential
5. Kalachakra 2006: Amaravati Welcomes the World
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index