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The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India - Paperback - GOOD
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- ISBN
- 9780500285015
- Book Title
- Ajanta Caves : Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India
- Item Length
- 11.7in
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Design, Art, Religion, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Archaeology, Buddhism / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Decorative Arts, History / General
- Item Width
- 9.9in
- Item Weight
- 51.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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In 1819, a group of British soldiers on a hunting expedition chanced upon the Ajanta caves some 200 miles north east of Bombay. Ranging in date from the second century BC the sixth century AD, the exquisite Buddhist paintings and sculptures found there new rank among the world's most important cultural treasures. The murals were created using only the glow of lamps and candles quite unlike the harsh light employed in modern professional photography. For this book, Benoy K. Behl has used long exposures that pick up natural ambient light, capturing the art for the first time in all its glory and luminosity. The early followers of the Buddha created an isolated haven where they could meditate in peace. Stonecutters carved out massive caves decorated with lithe and graceful figures, fashioning beams and rafters from the rock in imitation of wooden buildings. Painters worked on exquisite murals that depict scenes of princely processions, ladies with their handmaidens, bejeweled animals, ascetics in monasteries, fantastic birds and beasts all demonstrating a startling degree of sophistication. Ajanta provides virtually the only evidence remaining of painting styles that first developed in India and then traveled with the spread of Buddhism into the Himalayan region, across Central Asia into China, and from there to Japan and Korea.
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson
ISBN-10
0500285012
ISBN-13
9780500285015
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44168540
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ajanta Caves : Ancient Paintings of Buddhist India
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Archaeology, Buddhism / History, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi), Decorative Arts, History / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Design, Art, Religion, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
11.7in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
9.9in
Item Weight
51.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Nd2829.A4
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The only known examples of Buddhist carvings and paintings from an epoch of extraordinary vitality. . . . As adept a commentator as be is a photographer, Behl provides fascinating explanations of the techniques used to carve the animated reliefs and paint the richly detailed murals.
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-100310
Dewey Decimal
755/.943095479
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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