Description: The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhran Art by Wannaporn Rienjang, Peter Stewart Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description From the archaeologists and smugglers of the Raj to the museums of post-partition Pakistan and India, from coin-forgers and contraband to modern Buddhism and contemporary art, this fourth volume of the Gandhra Connections project presents the most recent research on the factors that mediate our encounter with Gandhran art. Publisher Description The ancient Buddhist art of Gandhra was rediscovered from the 1830s and 1840s onwards in what would become the North-West Frontier of British India. By the end of the century an abundance of sculptures had been accumulated by European soldiers and officials, which constituted the foundations for a new field of scholarship and internationally celebrated museum collections. Both then and since, the understanding of Gandhran art has been impeded by gaps in documentation, haphazard excavation, forgery, and smuggling of antiquities. Consequently, the study of Gandhran archaeology often involves the evaluation and piecing together of fragmentary clues. In more subtle ways, however, the modern view of Gandhran art has been shaped by the significance accorded to it by different observers over the past century and a half. Conceived in the imperial context of the late nineteenth century as Graeco-Buddhist art – a hybrid of Asian religion and Mediterranean artistic form – Gandhran art has been invested with various meanings since then, both in and beyond the academic sphere. Its puzzling links to the classical world of Greece and Rome have been explained from different perspectives, informed both by evolving perceptions of the evidence and by modern circumstances.From the archaeologists and smugglers of the Raj to the museums of post-partition Pakistan and India, from coin-forgers and contraband to modern Buddhism and contemporary art, this fourth volume of the Classical Art Research Centres Gandhra Connections project presents the most recent research on the factors that mediate our encounter with Gandhran art. Author Biography Wannaporn Rienjang is Lecturer in Archaeology, Museum and Heritage Studies at the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology, Thammasat University and a project consultant for the Gandhra Connections project at the Classical Art Research Centre, Oxford. She completed her doctoral degree in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge in 2017, and has been involved in research projects focusing on the art and archaeology of Greater Gandhra, Indian Ocean Trade and ancient working technologies of stone beads and vessels. ;Peter Stewart is Director of the Classical Art Research Centre and Professor of Ancient Art at the University of Oxford. He has worked widely in the fields of Graeco-Roman sculpture and ancient world art. His publications include Statues in Roman Society: Representation and Response (2003), The Social History of Roman Art (2008), and A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection at Wilton House (2020). Details ISBN 1803272333 ISBN-13 9781803272337 Title The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhran Art Author Wannaporn Rienjang, Peter Stewart Format Paperback Year 2022 Pages 230 Publisher Archaeopress GE_Item_ID:137242859; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9781803272337
Book Title: The Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhran Art
Number of Pages: 230 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Rediscovery and Reception of Gandhāran Art : Proceedings of the Fourth International Workshop of the Gandhāra Connections Project, University of Oxford, 24th-26th March 2021
Publisher: Archaeopress
Subject: Archaeology, General, History / Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 28 Oz
Author: Peter Stewart
Subject Area: Art, Social Science
Item Length: 8 in
Item Width: 10.9 in
Format: Trade Paperback
