the origin and development of the Buddha's image in early South Asia DeCaroli, Robert creator author. text bibliography Art. Electronic books. wau 2015 monographic eng 1 online resource (x, 263 pages). "This deft and lively study by Robert DeCaroli explores the questions of how and why the earliest verifiable images of the historical Buddha were created. In so doing, DeCaroli steps away from old questions of where and when to present the history of Buddhism's relationship with figural art as an ongoing set of negotiations within the Buddhist community and in society at large. By comparing innovations in Brahmanical, Jain, and royal artistic practice, DeCaroli examines why no image of the Buddha was made until approximately five hundred years after his death and what changed in the centuries surrounding the start of the Common Era to suddenly make those images desirable and acceptable. The textual and archaeological sources reveal that figural likenesses held special importance in South Asia and were seen as having a significant amount of agency and power. Anxiety over image use extended well beyond the Buddhists, helping to explain why images of Vedic gods, Jain teachers, and political elites also are absent from the material record of the centuries BCE. DeCaroli shows how the emergence of powerful dynasties and rulers, who benefited from novel modes of visual authority, was at the root of the changes in attitude toward figural images. However, as DeCaroli demonstrates, a strain of unease with figural art persisted, even after a tradition of images of the Buddha had become established."--Publisher's description. Acknowledgments; 1. Problems and Preconceptions; 2. Questions of Origin; 3. Image Aversion; 4. Images and Identity; 5. Historical Shifts; 6. Image Appeal; 7. Coping Strategies; 8. Final Words; Notes; Bibliography; List of Illustrations; Index. Robert DeCaroli. "McLellan book." Includes bibliographical references and index. az----- Gautama Buddha Art Gautama Buddha Buddha v563-v483 Buddhist art and symbolism South Asia RELIGION Comparative Religion Art Buddhist art and symbolism South Asia Bildliche Darstellung Kultbild Südasien ART / Asian BQ5115.S64 D43 2015eb 294.3/437 DeCaroli, Robert. (DLC) 2014025637 (OCoLC)895730861 9780295805795 029580579X 22573/ctvct84qc JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=993128 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=993128 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=993128 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=993128 N$T 150519 20200709060347.0 ocn909369330 eng