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Tree and Serpent

Tree and Serpent

Early Buddhist Art in India

by John Guy
Hardback
Publication Date: 08/09/2023

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With new photography of extraordinarily rare works of art, this pioneering study features discoveries and research essential to understanding the origins and meaning of Buddhist artistic traditions

"Both the show and the book are extraordinary achievements. . . . They will astonish even those who think they are familiar with the art of Buddhism."--William Dalrymple, New York Review of Books

Named for two primary motifs in Buddhist art, the sacred bodhi tree and the protective snake, Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India is the first publication to foreground devotional works produced in the Deccan from 200 BCE to 400 CE. Unlike traditional narratives, which focus on northern India (where the Buddha was born, taught, and died), this groundbreaking book presents Buddhist art from monastic sites in the south. Long neglected, this is among the earliest corpus of Buddhist art surviving, and among the most sublimely beautiful. An international team of researchers contributes new scholarship on the sculptural and devotional art associated with Buddhism, and masterpieces from recently excavated Buddhist sites are published here for the first time--including Kanaganahalli and Phanigiri, the most important new discoveries in a generation. With its exploration of Buddhism's emergence in southern India, as well as of India's deep commercial and cultural engagement with the Hellenized and Roman worlds, the definitive study expands our understanding of the origins of Buddhist art itself.

Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press

Exhibition Schedule:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
(July 21-November 13, 2023)

National Museum of Korea, Seoul
(December 22, 2023-April 14, 2024)

ISBN:
9781588396938
9781588396938
Category:
Miscellaneous items
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
08-09-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
30.5x22.9x3.3mm
Weight:
2.26kg

John Guy

John Guy is a leading historian of the Tudor period. He has been a Professor of Modern History at St. Andrews University since 1992 and his book Tudor England is a core text for students of the period.

He has recently written and presented programmes on Thomas More and Mary, Queen of Scots for the BBC.

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