The Creative South (Volume 2)

Buddhist and Hindu Art in Mediaeval Maritime Asia

Andrea Acri, Peter Sharrock

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English

ISEAS
30 October 2022

Oriental art; Religious subjects depicted in art; Maritime history; Buddhism; Hinduism

This edited volume programmatically reconsiders the creative contribution of the littoral and insular regions of Maritime Asia to shaping new paradigms in the Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture of the mediaeval Asian world. Far from being a mere southern conduit for the maritime circulation of Indic religions, in the period from ca. the 7th to the 14th century those regions transformed across mainland and island polities the rituals, icons, and architecture that embodied these religious insights with a dynamism that often eclipsed the established cultural centres in Northern India, Central Asia, and mainland China. This collective body of work brings together new research aiming to recalibrate the importance of these innovations in art and architecture, thereby highlighting the cultural creativity of the monsoon-influenced Southern rim of the Asian landmass.

Edited by: Andrea Acri, Peter Sharrock
Imprint: ISEAS
Country of Publication: Singapore
Weight: 800g
ISBN: 9789814951517
ISBN 10: 981495151X
Pages: 257
Publication Date: 30 October 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Andrea Acri (PhD, Leiden University) is Maître de conférences/Assistant Professor in Tantric Studies at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE, PSL University) in Paris. Peter D. Sharrock lectures at the SOAS University of London (the School of Oriental and African Studies), where he is a Project Board member of the School's growing Southeast Asian Academic Art Programme (SAAAP).