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The Global Connections of Gandharan Art - Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhara Connections Project, University of Oxford, 18th-19th March, 2019 (Paperback)
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The Global Connections of Gandharan Art - Proceedings of the Third International Workshop of the Gandhara Connections Project, University of Oxford, 18th-19th March, 2019 (Paperback)
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Gandharan art is often regarded as the epitome of cultural exchange
in antiquity. The ancient region of Gandhara, centred on what is
now the northern tip of Pakistan, has been called the 'crossroads
of Asia'. The Buddhist art produced in and around this area in the
first few centuries AD exhibits extraordinary connections with
other traditions across Asia and as far as the Mediterranean. Since
the nineteenth century, the Graeco-Roman associations of Gandharan
art have attracted particular attention. Classically educated
soldiers and administrators of that era were astonished by the
uncanny resemblance of many works of Gandharan sculpture to Greek
and Roman art made thousands of miles to the west. More than a
century later we can recognize that the Gandharan artists'
appropriation of classical iconography and styles was diverse and
extensive, but the explanation of this 'influence' remains puzzling
and elusive. The Gandhara Connections project at the University of
Oxford's Classical Art Research Centre was initiated principally to
cast new light on this old problem. This volume is the third set of
proceedings of the project's annual workshop, and the first to
address directly the question of cross-cultural influence on and by
Gandharan art. The contributors wrestle with old controversies,
particularly the notion that Gandharan art is a legacy of
Hellenistic Greek rule in Central Asia and the growing consensus
around the important role of the Roman Empire in shaping it. But
they also seek to present a more complex and expansive view of the
networks in which Gandhara was embedded. Adopting a global
perspective on the subject, they examine aspects of Gandhara's
connections both within and beyond South Asia and Central Asia,
including the profound influence which Gandharan art itself had on
the development of Buddhist art in China and India.
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