Origins of the Gandhāran Style

A Study of Contributory Influences

• Author(s): Lolita Nehru,
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Pages: 230
• ISBN_10: 0195624726
  ISBN_13: 9780195624724
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Architecture / Regional , Art / Sculpture & Installation , History / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Science / Chemistry / General ,

Description:... This study of the origins of the Gandharan style of ancient Indian sculpture focuses on three broad themes: the extent to which the sculpture drew from Graeco-Roman, Parthian, Central Asian, and Indian traditions; the extent to which Hellenization penetrated the east and the remarkable cultural resilience of Hellenism long after the political collapse of the Greek kingdoms; and the formulation of a native Gandharan style from the absorption, transformation, and rejection of stylistic elements at work in the Gandharan region.