Abstract
To better understand and more effectively address the complexity of
the art of Gandhara, its development out of cross-cultural encounters
and exchanges, and the multivalent meanings that emerged out of the
varied processes of its production and use, two analytical frameworks
can be usefully employed: materiality and_ globalization. The
conjunction of these approaches holds tremendous potential for the
field of Gandharan art and archaeology. This also moves scholarship
away from reductive Hellenizing discourses towards ideas, that focus
on the effects of the complex connectivity and mobility in lands
associated with this art. Beginning with a brief historiographical
review and critique of the formative narratives on Gandharan art, this
paper goes on to discuss the concepts of materiality and globalization,
their respective scope and implications, and how they can be applied
(individually and collectively) to Gandharan art.
Moizza S. Elahi. (2020) Toward Materiality and Globalization in the Art of Gandhara, Journal of Asian Civilizations, Volume 43, Issue 2.
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