MOUNTAIN/CAVE/PALACE/TEMPLE: BUDDHIST ROCK-CUT ARCHITECTURE IN WESTERN DECCAN
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16 Aug
2023
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The Indian Temple
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Pia Brancaccio
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Image:Bedsa cave. Photo Courtesy: Dr. Pia Brancaccio
The lecture will examine the distinctive architectural features of Buddhist cave temples situated on the western edge of the Deccan Plateau. Through a re-examination of architectural, artistic and epigraphic evidence extant at the caves, the lecture will explore the key concepts that inspired the architectural design of the caves and will show how the natural milieu was integral to the conception of these rock-cut temples.
This Lecture is part of the Postgraduate THE INDIAN TEMPLE Course
Registration Fee for the course: Rs. 16,000 | Students: Rs. 8,000*.
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Duration -
August 16, 2023
Timing: 6:30 - 8:45 pm IST
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.