This edited volume programmatically reconsiders the creative contribution of the littoral and insular regions of Maritime Asia to shaping new paradigms in the Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture of the mediaeval Asian world. Far from being a mere southern conduit for the maritime circulation of Indic religions, in the period from ca. the 7th to the 14th century those regions transformed across mainland and island polities the rituals, icons, and architecture that embodied these religious insights with a dynamism that often eclipsed the established cultural centres in Northern India, Central Asia, and mainland China. This collective body of work brings together new research aiming to recalibrate the importance of these innovations in art and architecture, thereby highlighting the cultural creativity of the monsoon-influenced Southern rim of the Asian landmass.

About the Author
Andrea Acri (PhD, Leiden University) is Maitre de conferences/Assistant Professor in Tantric Studies at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE, PSL University) in Paris.

Peter D. Sharrock lectures at the SOAS University of London (the School of Oriental and African Studies), where he is a Project Board member of the School's growing Southeast Asian Academic Art Programme (SAAAP).


Book Information
ISBN 9789814951517
Author Andrea Acri
Format Paperback
Page Count 257
Imprint ISEAS
Publisher ISEAS
Weight(grams) 800g