Eassys and Studies in the Art of Kucha Ines Konczak-Nagel & Monika Zin
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Eassys and Studies in the Art of Kucha Ines Konczak-Nagel & Monika Zin About the Series The series Leipzig Kucha Studies, in which seventeen volumes are planned, aims at publishing the results of the long-term research project (2016–2030) “Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road”. The project, conducted under the auspices of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, focuses on an impressive corpus of wall paintings datable to approximately the fifth to tenth centuries CE and located in the Buddhist cave complexes of the ancient kingdom of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road. These narrative and devotional paintings form one of the most important sources for our understanding of the religious and intellectual history of Buddhism in Central Asia during the first millennium. The project is devoted to recording and annotating all surviving paintings of the region, including the fragments that were removed from their original sites as well as destroyed murals from which only drawings and historical photographs remain. About the Book The first study by Ines Konczak-Nagel, “Painted Buddhist Cosmology: The Pictorial Programme of Central Pillar Caves in Kizil”, demonstrates how Buddhist cosmology, always seen in connection with the Buddhist path of salvation, is represented in the selection of topics and the arrangement of paintings on the cave walls. The second study by the same author, “Representations of Architecture and Architectural Elements in the Wall Paintings of Kucha”, is part of an ongoing extensive analysis of the material culture depicted in the paintings. The architecture represented provides insights into the local Tocharian architecture of Kucha, which has since disappeared. 280 x 210 mm, 246 pp 2020, Hardcover, Rs TBA The study of Monika Zin, “The Monk Kāśyapa in Kucha, the First Council, and the Furtherance of Buddhist Teaching” examines the inclusion of multi-scenic representations ISBN 978-93-87496-26-2 of the first council at Rājagṛha into the sequence of paintings illustrating the events connected with Buddha’s death. There is good reason to believe that the monk Leipzig Kucha Studies Vol 1 Mahākāśyapa who according to legend convoked the council was worshipped in Kucha as a saintly guardian watching over the perpetuation of the Buddhist teachings. About the Authors Ines Konczak-Nagel graduated in Indian Art History at Freie Universität Berlin before serving for two years as Assistant Curator at the Museum of Indian Art in Berlin. Since January 2016 she is research associate in the project “Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road” at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. Monika Zin studied Art History, Indology and Dramatics in Krakow and Munich. Between 1994 and 2016 she taught Indian Art History in Munich at the Institute of Indology, Ludwig Maximilian University. Since April 2016 Professor Zin is team leader of the Research Centre “Buddhist Murals of Kucha on the Northern Silk Road” at the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. Religion, Society, Trade and Kingship: Art and Archaeology in Bridging Heaven and Earth : Art and Architecture in South Asia South Asia and along the Silk Road 3500 BCE -5th Century CE 3rd Century BCE-21st Century CE Research Presented at the 23rd Conference of the European Association for Research Presented at the 23rd Conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art, Cardiff 2016 South Asian Archaeology and Art, Cardiff 2016 Laxshmi Rose Greaves and Adam Hardy (editors) Laxshmi Rose Greaves and Adam Hardy (editors) About the Book About the Book These two volumes comprise a superb range of papers presented These two volumes comprise a superb range of papers presented at the conference of the European Association for South Asian at the conference of the European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art (EASAA) which took place at the Welsh Archaeology and Art (EASAA) which took place at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, at the start of July 2016. School of Architecture, Cardiff University, at the start of July 2016. The volumes include thirty-eight papers with a total of fifty-five The volumes include thirty-eight papers with a total of fifty-five authors from across the globe. Volume I encompasses ground- authors from across the globe. Volume I encompasses ground- breaking research on the archaeology, epigraphy and iconography breaking research on the archaeology, epigraphy and iconography of the Indian subcontinent and of the neighbouring countries of the Indian subcontinent and of the neighbouring countries of Central Asia, spanning a time-frame of approximately four- of Central Asia, spanning a time-frame of approximately four- thousand years, bringing readers up to the fifth century CE. thousand years, bringing readers up to the fifth century CE. Beginning in the third century BCE and culminating in the twenty- Beginning in the third century BCE and culminating in the twenty- first century, Volume II assembles a rich collection of papers on first century, Volume II assembles a rich collection of papers on Buddhist, Hindu and Mughal architecture; on paintings of both a Buddhist, Hindu and Mughal architecture; on paintings of both a religious and secular nature; on sculpture; on heritage, and on the religious and secular nature; on sculpture; on heritage, and on the 280 x 210 mm, 296 pp practice of making. 280 x 210 mm, 308 pp practice of making. 2020, Hardcover, Rs TBA 2020, Hardcover, Rs TBA ISBN 978-93-81406-95-3 About the Editors ISBN 978-93-81406-96-0 About the Editors Laxshmi Rose Greaves is a research associate in the School of Laxshmi Rose Greaves is a research associate in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University. She is a History, Archaeology and Religion at Cardiff University. She is a historian of South Asian art and religion. Her current Leverhulme- historian of South Asian art and religion. Her current Leverhulme- funded project charts the emergence, evolution and dissemination funded project charts the emergence, evolution and dissemination of Rāmāyaṇa temple imagery across the Indian subcontinent of Rāmāyaṇa temple imagery across the Indian subcontinent between the fifth and tenth centuries CE. between the fifth and tenth centuries CE. Adam Hardy is Emeritus Professor of Asian Architecture at Cardiff Adam Hardy is Emeritus Professor of Asian Architecture at Cardiff University. His publications include The Temple Architecture of University. His publications include The Temple Architecture of India (2007), and Theory and Practice of Temple Architecture in India (2007), and Theory and Practice of Temple Architecture in Medieval India (2015). Medieval India (2015). For more details visit our website www.devbooks.co.in Social Sciences & Humanities 2 South Asian Archaeology and Art 2014 Yoga in Transformation Proceedings of the twenty-second international conference of the European Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Association for South Asian Archaeology and Art held at the Museum of Far Dr Karl Baier, Dr Philipp A. Maas and Prof Dr Karin Preisendanz (editors) Eastern Antiquities/National Museums of World Culture, Stockholm, Sweden, 30th of June to 4th of July 2014 Eva Myrdal (editor) About the Book This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about About the Book 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South The European Association for South Asian Archaeology and Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution Art (EASAA) has been the principal European forum in its field of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, since its foundation in 1970. yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on Its aim is to bring together and forge links between early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. scholars from around the world working in the disciplines of The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised South Asian archaeology, art history, architecture and heritage yoga and its historical formation, as for example the for a biannual conference, following which proceedings are emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of published. The EASAA was originally called the Association yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of of South Asian Archaeologists in Western Europe but in yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s 1993 became the European Association of South Asian iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga Archaeologists. Its present name, the European Association studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga for South Asian Archaeology and Art, was adopted in 2010 in and its theoretical underpinnings. recognition of a concern for the history of art and architecture apparent from the start. Its members are those who have About the Editors attended at least one conference. They now number around 240 x 160 mm, 630 pp Prof Dr Karl Baier is Head of the Department of Religious three hundred, from Europe, South Asia and throughout the 2020, Hardcover, Rs 1995 Studies, University of Vienna. His research interests include 280 x 210 mm, 368 pp world. https://easaa.org/ ISBN 978-93-87496-30-9 nineteenth and twentieth-century alternative religion, 2020, Hardcover, Rs TBA From June 30 to July 4, 2014 100 researchers, curators, occultism and modern yoga. ISBN 978-93-87496-36-1 and PhD students from 20 nations and 3 continents met in Stockholm, Sweden for discussions and exchange of ideas Dr Philipp A. Maas is Research Associate at the Institute for during the 22nd conference of the European Association for Indology and Central Asian Studies, University of Leipzig. His Social Sciences & Humanities South Asian Archaeology and Art. work is focused on Patañjali’s Yoga in premodern South Asia The National Museums of World Culture (NMWC) hosted and in modern academic research, on Indian philosophy and the conference that was held at the Museum of Far Eastern on Ayurveda.