Buddhism on stamps

Rao, M. Lokeswara

ISBN: 9789354266447, 9354266444

It is a unique attempt made by Shri M. Lokeswara Rao, tells the story of Gautama Buddha through stamps. The systematic manner in which he has utilised all philatelic materials ranging from stamps, First Day Covers, miniatures sheets and souvenir sheets, post cards and maxim cards, Gutters and booklets in the narrative, fills one with a sense of peace, specially the treatment of Buddhist Mudras,...

Buddha and Shiva lotus and dragon: masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockfeller 3rd collection at Asia Society

Proser, Adriana

ISBN: 9783777434339, 3777434337

This book presents sixty-seven masterpieces stunning artworks from across the continent testify to the diversity and ingenuity of Asian artistic cultures and art's capacity to encourage cross-cultural exchange.

Magical Maha Maya: epic dimensions in Buddhist art

Sengupta, Arputharani

ISBN: 9788195009831, 8195009832

Innovative Buddhist art and literature induct a new visual culture in South Asia. The performing arts' virtual realism is linked to the Jatakam rebirth stories. The anecdotal Jatakam recited in the Hall of Truth propels the Life Cycle of the Buddhas and the Bodhisattvas. The newly invented Lord's Descent in Aramaic derived Prakrit Brahmi emblazoned on Bharhut's Maha Maya medallion enables magic...

The stupa of Bharhut: a Buddhist monument ornamented with numerous sculptures illustrative of Buddhist legends and history in the third century B.C.

Cunningham, Alexander

ISBN: 9788121507936, 8121507936

The present work originally published in London, in 1879, describes the stupa when it was originally discovered and the sculptured scenes and Jatakas that adorned the railings and the gateways of the stupa.

The Buddha image: its origin and development, 2nd edition

Krishna, Y et al

ISBN: 9788121505659, 8121505658

This is a revised edition of the book, first published in 1995. It deals with crucial though controversial questions in Buddhist art: the origin of the Buddha image-its transformation from aniconism to anthropomorphism-and the iconography of the Buddha images.

Ajanta: a brief history and guide

Spink, Walter M.

ISBN: 9788194013105, 8194013100

Northern frontiers of Buddhism: Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kalmykia, Tibet, China, Mongolia and Siberia

Behl, Benoy K

ISBN: 9788120838130, 8120838130

When west met east: Gandharan art revisited, 2 vols.

Bopearachchi, Osmund

ISBN: 9788194496243, 8194496241

This book is based on hitherto unpublished or partly published sculptures and artefacts from Gandhara and Greater Gandhara dispersed in public and private collections across Asia, Europe, and the United States. Its subject is a form of figurative sculpture that emergedin the Gandharan region between the second and fifth centuries CE and reflects regional cross cultural elements between Buddhism...

Tree & Serpent: early Buddhist art in India

Guy, John

ISBN: 9789394501164, 9394501169

It is a pioneering study of the emergence of Buddhist art in southern India, featuring vibrant photography of rare works, many published here for the first time. Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, this book is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE.;Brilliant in conception, the...

The Nepalese caitya: 1500 years of Buddhist votive architecture in the Kathmandu Valley with drawings by Bijay Basukala and an essay by David Gellner

Gutschow, Niels

ISBN: 9789937733311, 9937733316

This volume is a compilation of architectural evidence. The text reveals a profound understanding of the cultural context of the caityas, their forms and sculptural decoration. It contains hundreds of beautifully executed measured drawings and finely printed photographs of never, or hardly ever studied monuments in the Kathmandu Valley.

Buddhism: a journey through art

Woodward, R.M.

ISBN: 9789392130533, 9392130538

Deriving from India, yet having a deep-rooted cultural relationship with wider Asia, Buddhism combines practical counsel with profound mysticism in a perspective of life which offers a pragmatic and philosophical approach to the human condition.

A descriptive catalogue of the Buddhist and Hindu sculptures in the Bangladesh National Museum

ISBN: 9789843390868, 9843390865

This catalogue, one of several planned by the Bangladesh National Museum, contains a representative selection of Buddhist and Hindu sculpture in the Bangladesh National Museum. Though the first image acquired for the Museum in 1914, today the Department of History and Classical Art holds a substantial number of sculptures. One hundred and eighty different objects from this collection have been ...

Himalayan art in 108 objects,

ISBN: 9781785514524, 1785514520

In this beautifully illustrated volume, the fascinating story of Himalayan art is illuminated through a selection of significant objects from the Neolithic era to today. Paintings, sculptures, drawings, textiles, architectural structures, and more serve as a guide to the historical traditions, rituals, social practices, and art forms from Tibetan, Indian, Nepalese, Bhutanese, Mongolian, and Chi...

Ladakh: a paradise of Buddhist art and trade routes

Chaturvedi, Khushboo

ISBN: 9789387200197, 9387200191