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The Art of Eastern India, 300-800

The Art of Eastern India, 300-800

Asher, Frederick M.

Paperback

Art HistorySculpture & Installation

ISBN10: 0816656967
ISBN13: 9780816656967
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Pr
Published: Jul 10 1980
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.37
Height: 0.58 Width: 8.25 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

The Art of Eastern India, 300-800 was first published in 1980. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

Though scholars have extensive knowledge of the art that flourished during Pala rule in Eastern India (ca. 800-1200), little is known about Eastern Indian art during the preceding 500 years. This half-millennium includes the period of the Gupta dynasty and the two centuries that bridge Gupta and Pala rule, when no single dynasty long maintained control of Eastern India. In this study, Frederick M. Asher challenges arthistorical assumptions about Pala art - that it is a new school virtually without links to earlier art 00 by demonstrating that sculpture during the Gupta period and the subsequent three centuries evolved along lines that connect it with Pala art. In so doing, he draws attention to important sculptures, most of them never previously studied, that tell us not only about an unexplored period in Indian art but also about broader aspects of the cultural history and geography of Eastern India.

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