The Origin of the Buddha Image: Aniconism (009)
Robert Bracey
In the three parts of this episode I mention a lot of publications and recommend a number as suggested reading. So in case you want the details, here are the various articles and books… Cunningham, A. (1879) The stupa of Bharhut: a Buddhist monument ornamented with numerous sculptures illustrative of Buddhist legend and history in third century B.C. Marshall, J. H. (1940) The monuments of Sāñchi, 3 volumes Hartel, H. (1985) ‘The concept of the Kapardin Buddha type of Mathura’ in South Asian Archaeology 1983, 653-78 Cribb, J. (2018) ‘Dating the Bimaran casket – its conflicted role in the chronology of Gandharan Art’ Gandharan Studies vol. 10, 57-91 Cribb, J. (2018) ‘The Bimaran casket, the problem of its date and significance’ in Stargardt & Willis, Relics and Relic Worship in Early Buddhism, 47-65 Lohuizen van Leeuw, J. (1981) ‘New evidence with regard to the origin of the Buddha image’ South Asian Archaeology 1979, 377-400 Juhyung Rhi (2010) ‘Reading Coomaraswamy on the origin of the Buddha image’ Artibus Asiae, vol.70, no.1, 151-72 Bracey, R. (2020) ‘The Gandharan Problem’ in Elsner, J. (ed.) Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity, 27-50 Abe, S. (1995) ‘Inside the Wonder house: Buddhist Art and the West’ Lopez, D.S. (ed.) Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism, 63-106 DeCaroli, R. (2015) Image Problems Schopen, G. (1988-9) “On monks, nuns, and ‘vulgar’ practices: the introduction of the image cult into Indian Buddhism” Artibus Asiae, vol.49, no.1, 153-68 Fogelin, L. (2015) An Archaeological History of Indian Buddhism Linrothe, R. (1993) ‘Inquiries into the origin of the Buddha Image: A review’ East & West, vol.43, 241-56 Akira Shimada (2013) Early Buddhist Architecture in Context The Great Stūpa at Amarāvatī (Ca. 300 BCE-300 CE) Huntington, S.L. (2015) ‘Shifting the Paradigm: The Aniconic Theory and its Terminology’ South Asian Studies, vol.31, no.2, 163-86 The Doug’s Dharma podcast I discussed is available at www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRqxuxS1qUg The talk by DeCaroli starts at 9:23 at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SVbJml0zOc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuJMKn_4UXs
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