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Zusatztext There is much to learn in this fine study focusing on the Buddhist art of Andhra, not the least of which is the importance for Buddhist studies of combining a broad range of material and disciplinary perspectives with good art historical methodology. Eschewing an attempt to reassemble the now scattered remains of this region's most famous monuments, Becker has nonetheless constructed a better sense of how and why they matter than has ever been achieved. Informationen zum Autor Catherine Becker is Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Klappentext In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second and third centuries of the Common Era to the present, Catherine Becker shows how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns. Zusammenfassung In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second and third centuries of the Common Era to the present, Catherine Becker shows how material remains and visual experiences shape and reveal essential human concerns. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Keeping the Faith: Andhra's Stupas as Sites of Transformation 2. Seeing is Believing: Visual Narration at Andhra's Stupas 3. Hyderabad's Hussain Sagar Buddha 4. Marketing Enlightenment: The Development of Andhra's Buddhist Tourist Potential 5. Kalachakra 2006: Amaravati Welcomes the World Epilogue Bibliography Index
