The Kolhapur Bronzes: A Glimpse into The Artistic Taste of The Satavahana Period
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01 Sep
2023
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Buddhist Aesthetics
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Pia Brancaccio
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Image: @Metropolitan Museum of Art
A hoard consisting of bronze objects of diverse provenance was brought to light in 1945 during archaeological explorations conducted at the Brahmapuri mound in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The lecture will discuss selected items from the bronze hoard and will attempt to situate them within the artistic and cultural traditions of the Satavahana period (1st-2nd c CE).
In-person with live streaming on ZOOM
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September 1, 2023
Timing: Tea: 6:00 PM | Lecture: 6:30 - 7:30 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.