Art and landscape Buddhist rock sculptures of late antique Swat/Uḍḍiyāna / Anna Filigenzi ; with contributions by Luca Maria Olivieri and a note by Peter Rockwell
Published
Wien : Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2015
Foreword / Pierfrancesco Callieri and Michael Alram – Preface – Part I. Analytical study – Introduction – A general overview – The “decline of Buddhism” : a new archaeological framework for cultural changes – The iconographic and stylistic language of the sculptures – Avalokiteśvara-Padmapāni – Maitreya – The whispering of Vajrayāna – The “alien” presences – Appendix I. Graphic summary – Appendix II. Rock-cut carving and stelae in the Swat Valley : a commentary on the carving technique by Peter Rockwell – Part II. The corpus of the sculptures : catalogue and photographic documentation – Introduction – Catalogue – Illustrations Part II – Tables of correspondences – References – Analytical index – List of figures of Part I – List of negatives of the photographs of Part II
Summary
Buddhist rock sculpture of Swat/Uddiyana (7th-8th cent. CE): Analytical study of its aesthetic values, technical concept, historical background and cultural influence
