Kanishka: greatest of the Kushan monarchs, 2nd Century A.D.

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dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialIndia (Mathura, Uttar Pradesh)en_AU
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T05:51:37Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T05:51:37Z
dc.date.createdcirca 1970sen_AU
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T05:51:37Z
dc.descriptionAmong the most remarkable finds at Mathura are a number of royal effigies which are outstanding in their directness and formal attitude as well as impressive in their technical skill, Here we see the greatest ruler of the Kushans, King Kanishka, clad in a tunic reaching to mid-calf over which drapes a handsomely but simply cut robe, The king wears trouser-like garments tucked into leather boots and holds a huge, elaborately decorated scabbard: much in contrast to the plain material of her [sic] garments, The characteristic features of this figure are rigid symmetry and formal frontality indicating that whoever the sculptor was, he did not draw influence from the Greeks' idealism, It has been observed by some scholars that the pose is realistic without attempting to be idealizational, but we might add to this remark 'without being naturalistic' as well since there is no evidence that the maker of the figure wished to portray his creation in naturally three-dimensional plains [sic] as in-the-round statuary truly demands, We sense a lingering relief treatment in this image: this particularly emphasized in the marked frontality of the pose, -- Mathura, Curzon Museum,en_AU
dc.format.extent35mmen_AU
dc.format.mediummounted transparencyen_AU
dc.format.mediumb&wen_AU
dc.format.mediumsepiaen_AU
dc.format.mimetypeimage/tiffen_AU
dc.identifierANUA 682-654en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-703en_AU
dc.identifier.otherIA-703
dc.identifier.other18
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/163422
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2019
dc.relation.ispartofseriesBasham Collection
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectMathuraen_AU
dc.subjectKushana portraitsen_AU
dc.subjectstone sculptureen_AU
dc.subjectmounted transparency seten_AU
dc.titleKanishka: greatest of the Kushan monarchs, 2nd Century A.D.
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.contributor.authoremailbutlin.archives@anu.edu.au
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