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Author Becker, Catherine, 1974- author.

Title Shifting stones, shaping the past : sculpture from the Buddhist stupas of Andhra Pradesh / Catherine Becker
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
Contents Keeping the faith: Andhra's stūpas as sites of transformation -- Seeing is believing: visual narration at Andhra's stūpas -- Hyderabad's Hussain Sagar Buddha -- Marketing enlightenment: the development of Andhra's Buddhist tourist potential -- Kalachakra 2006: Amarāvatī welcomes the world
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 24, 2014)
Subject 880-01 Buddhist relief (Sculpture) -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
880-01/(Q Stu⁺ѕpas -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Relief (Sculpture), Indic -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Limestone sculpture -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Stūpas -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Art and society -- India -- Andhra Pradesh
Art and society
Buddhist relief (Sculpture)
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Limestone sculpture
Relief (Sculpture), Indic
Stūpas
Visual Arts.
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts.
Sculpture.
India -- Andhra Pradesh
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199359424
0199359423
Other Titles Sculpture from the Buddhist stupas of Andhra Pradesh