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100			_aPal, Pratapaditya _917052
245			_aBuddhist art: _bform & meaning
260			_aMumbai _b Marg publication _c2007
300			_a132 p.
365			_aINR _b2500.00
520			_aBoth spatially and temporally, the scope of this book is expansive. Spatially, the eight essays cover a vast swathe of Asia stretching from Mathura in India to Thailand in Southeast Asia, including the Himalayan region. Temporally, the period covered is over a millennium from the 1st century BCE to the 10th century CE. Conceptually, the essays cover both the so-called “aniconic” or the early phase, when Buddha Shakyamuni was not represented in art in the human form as well as the “iconic” period when he began to be portrayed as a divine figure. Each of the eight essays provides fresh material as well as new interpretations of familiar symbols and images. Pratapaditya Pal is the General Editor of Marg Publications. He has been associated as curator with leading American museums with Indian collections and has taught in several universities. Recognized as an authority on the arts and cultures of the subcontinent, the Himalaya and Southeast Asia, he is a prolific author with over 60 publications. (https://marg-art.org/product/UHJvZHVjdDoyMjU5)
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