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Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Otther Essays in Indian and Central Asian Archaeology

 
A. Foucher (Author)
Synopsis

A history of Buddhist Art is a task for the future ; may we some day have the pleasure of welcoming a systematic treatise upon the subject from M. Foucher’s own pen. For the present we are only at the commencement. Nothing guarantees us that in its beginnings the Art shall be found on a level with the doctrine, or that it shall follow a parallel course, or again that it shall develop with a proportional rapidity. On the contrary, we see already that at Sanchi and Barhut, after centuries of active speculation, it makes its appeal primarily to a community characterized by na?ve and simple piety. In the case of Christianity how many centuries of dogmatic strife precede the age of the primitives ! Nevertheless the reader who turns from the essays on Barhut and Sanchi to those dealing with the Great miracle and with Boro-Budur—much clearer would be his impression, if he embraced in his view the mediaeval and modern art of China, Japan, and Tibet—cannot fail to note the metaphysical contemplation which has grown upon the decay of the older popular piety. Yet even here we have a warning as to the partial reversions which may result from the transplanting of religion to a less sophisticated society : since in the sculptures of Boro Budur we find again—in an atmosphere, it is true, of hypertropical softness—no small admixture of that frank pleasure in mere story-telling which is the special charm of Sanchi and Barhut.

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About the author

A. Foucher

Alfred Foucher, 1865-1952, was professor at the University of Paris, director of the Ecole Francaise d'Extreme-Orient, and member of the Institut de Francaise. He was known everywhere for his archaeological-cultural researches in Afghanistan and India, and especially for his profound understanding of Indian art and iconography.

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Title Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Otther Essays in Indian and Central Asian Archaeology
Author A. Foucher
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.1994
Edition Reprint
Language: English
isbn 8120609026
length xvi+40+316p., Plates; Index.