Beginnings of Buddhist Art 1917 Alfred Foucher ~Gandhara India Central Asia Java

Description: Description Title: The Beginnings of Buddhist Art and Other Essays in Indian and Central-Asian Archaeology Author: A. [Alfred] Foucher / Revised by the author and translated by L. A. Thomas and F. W. Thomas with a preface by the latter Description: Boards in ochre cloth; green leather title block on spine with gilt lettering. Mild soiling to cloth; corners bumped. Minor penciled marginalia; some smudging and light soiling. Short closed tears on a few pages; one page has a chipped corner. Features 50 illustrated plates with accompanying explanatory notes. Color frontispiece and its matching rice-paper tracing. Index, Addenda and Corrigenda. Original printed wraps preserved at rear. xvi + 316 pages. 10 x 7 inches. Scarce. A study of the origins and early examples of Buddhist art by the influential French scholar, Alfred Charles Auguste Foucher (1865-1952). Includes a section on the Gandhara manifestation of syncretic Greco-Buddhism, i.e. the Greek origin of the image of Buddha. Preface by the British Indologist, Frederick William Thomas Previous owner was Wallace S. Baldinger, University of Oregon Professor of Art (1944-1970) and Director of the U of O Museum of Art. Binding: Hardcover Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition: None Publisher: Paul Geuthner | Humphrey Milford Place: Paris | London Year: 1917 Keywords: Asian Art, India, Java Indian Art, Greco-Buddhist, Gandhara, antiquities, Buddha, Siddhartha, images, Bharhut, Sanchi, stupa, Borobuder,

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