Art and Architecture in the Pala Period
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23 Mar
06 Apr
2022
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Buddhist Aesthetics
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Pia Brancaccio
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Image: Manjuvajra Mandala, Pala period, 11th century, Black stone,
Dimensions: H. 46 in. (116.8 cm); W. 24 in. (61 cm); D. 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm),
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956.
This three days seminar series will examine the main artistic traditions associated with the practice of Buddhism in the Pala period. The lectures will focus on selected case studies to shed light on the development of a distinctive Pala visual language in the Gangetic plain between the 8th and 12th c. CE and its transregional connections.
Day 1: The Pala Artistic World
Day 2: ‘Building’ Buddhism in the Pala Period: Bodhgaya and Nalanda
Day 3: Pala Art on the go
Duration -
March 23, 30 ; April 6, 2022
Timing: 6:30 - 8:30 PM IST
Fees
Rs. 3,000 (For student discounts registrations kindly email info@jp-india.org)
Registrations Closed
Pia Brancaccio
Pia Brancaccio is Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Drexel University in Philadelphia, USA. Her research focuses on early Buddhist art and cross-cultural exchange in South Asia with a regional emphasis on the visual cultures of the Deccan Plateau and ancient Gandhara. She has published extensively on the Buddhist caves in Western Deccan, including a monograph on The Buddhist Caves at Aurangabad (2010) and the edited volume Living Rock (2013), and has recently expanded her interests to ancient Sri Lanka and the Indian Ocean exchange networks. Pia has also written on architecture, visual narratives, artistic workshops and the multicultural fabric of Buddhism in Gandhara, and co-edited the book Gandharan Buddhism: Art, Archaeology (2006). She is currently involved in a research project on Ancient Buddhism in Konkan.