The End of the Golden Age
Title | The End of the Golden Age PDF eBook |
Author | Walter M. Spink |
Publisher | |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Ajanta Caves (India) |
ISBN | 9789004148321 |
Ajanta: The end of the Golden Age
Title | Ajanta: The end of the Golden Age PDF eBook |
Author | Walter M. Spink |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 436 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004148329 |
Annotation. Volume Two begins with the contentious, yet challenging, views of Hans Bakker and Richard Cohen, both of whom are involved with an overview of Ajanta's development. This is explored further in shorter essays by Karl Khandalavala, Arvind Jamkhedkar, and Brahmanand Deshpande. At the same time, the author presents a detailed analysis of the form and development of Cave 26, as a model upon which his other arguments are built.
Ajanta
Title | Ajanta PDF eBook |
Author | Walter M. Spink |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-02-28 |
Genre | Ajanta Caves (India) |
ISBN | 9789004205710 |
The twenty-nine Buddhist caves near Ajanta form a devotional complex which ranks as one of the world's most startling achievements, created at the very apogee of India's Golden Age. Ajanta: History and Development, appears as part of the series Handbook of Oriental Studies, present the reader with a systematic treatment of all aspects of the site, the result of forty years of painstaking research in situ by Walter M. Spink. Volume one deals with the historical context in which this dramatic burst of pious activity took place under the reign of Vakataka emperor Harisena, (c. 460 - 477 A.D.), and with the sudden halt of activity almost immediately following the death of the emperor. In surprising detail the relative and absolute chronology of the site can be established from a careful reading of the physical evidence, with consequences for our dating of India's Golden Age. Ajanta, it appears, is a veritable illustrated history of Harisena's times, crowded with information on its history, development and how it was used. Originally published in hardcover
Ajanta - History and Development
Title | Ajanta - History and Development PDF eBook |
Author | Walter M. Spink |
Publisher | |
Pages | 423 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9789004148321 |
Ajanta: History and Development
Title | Ajanta: History and Development PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Spink |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 435 |
Release | 2018-11-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 904741635X |
The twenty-nine Buddhist caves near Ajanta form a devotional complex which ranks as one of the world's most startling achievements, created at the very apogee of India's Golden Age. "Ajanta: History and Development," appears as part of the series Handbook of Oriental Studies, present the reader with a systematic treatment of all aspects of the site, the result of forty years of painstaking research "in situ" by Walter M. Spink. Volume one deals with the historical context in which this dramatic burst of pious activity took place under the reign of Vakataka emperor Harisena, (c. 460 - 477 A.D.), and with the sudden halt of activity almost immediately following the death of the emperor. In surprising detail the relative and absolute chronology of the site can be established from a careful reading of the physical evidence, with consequences for our dating of India's Golden Age. Ajanta, it appears, is a veritable illustrated history of Harisena's times, crowded with information on its history, development and how it was used.
Cave by Cave
Title | Cave by Cave PDF eBook |
Author | Walter M. Spink |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 407 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004156445 |
Volume Five comprises, along with introductory comments, two "cave by cave" guides. One which, very briefly, describes the character of each cave and its patronage, is intended to be useful for the general visitor to the site. The other, very detailed, discusses the position and peculiarities of each cave in relation to the overall, year by year, development of the site. This volume also contains a complete set of cave plans, and various illuminating charts, graphs, outlines, and maps.
Ajanta: History and Development, Volume 6 Defining Features
Title | Ajanta: History and Development, Volume 6 Defining Features PDF eBook |
Author | Walter Spink |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 482 |
Release | 2014-03-13 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9047444655 |
Volume 6, in Walter Spink's detailed analysis of the creation and development of the Ajanta caves, during the reign of the emperor Harisena (c.460-c.477) has had a profound and often upsetting impact on the understanding of Indian history in the so-called Golden Age. The author contends that through the discipline of Art History one can in fact change the established view of cultural developments in the crucial "Classic Age" (5th Century CE). One of his major aims is to prove that it was the Vakatakas, under the emperor Harisena, and not the Guptas, that brought Indian culture to its apogee in the late 470s and to show that by analyzing and organizing Ajanta's "defining feature" in revealing developmental sequences, one can support, with specifics, the revolutionary (but now increasingly accepted) "short chronology" for which the author is well known. These "defining features" range from the changing types of Buddha images and living arrangements for the monks, to the precise analysis of the evolution of pillars, doorways, and excavation techniques. The volume also includes, at the start, a discussion of the transforming effect of competition, and finally war, as a key to Ajanta's highly driven development, its florescence, and finally its sad demise.