The Kirtimukha motif in the context of Newar architecture (Nepal) and in a transcultural context

尼瓦尔建筑（尼泊尔）和跨文化背景下的 Kirtimukha 主题

• 批准号: 279617662
• 负责人: Professor Dr.-Ing. Niels Gutschow
• 金额: --
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/279617662?language=en
• 关键词: Kirtimukha; motif; context; Newar; architecture

Witin the urban culture of the Nwars in the Kathmandu Valley the Lion-faced Kirtimukha motif appears on diverse architectural elements of Buddhist Votive buildings and Hindu temples in Stone and Wood of the 7th to 19th centuries. At selected buildings the occurence of the motif will be documented by way of measured drawings. A typological Evaluation will take into account the occurence of similar composite beings, which are exclusively cjharacterised by water symbolism. All this will be done on the basis of a graphic documentation of Details.The origin and Distribution of this extremely variagated motif will be followed in a transcultural context. The Impact of Central Asian lion Images on the cultural landscape of North India, especially the art of the Gupta period (4th to 6th century CE) will be highlighted. The way the prototypes created by the Guptas reached the near (Nepal) and wider (Java, Cambodia (periphery) is an important Focus. On a further level, the role of the Kathmandu Valley as a hub of transcultural processes of Exchange will be highlighted

在加德满都山谷的城市文化中，狮面Kirtimukha主题出现在7世纪至19世纪的石头和木头的佛教许愿建筑和印度教寺庙的各种建筑元素上。在选定的建筑物中，将通过测量图纸的方式记录主题的出现。一个类型学的评价将考虑到类似的复合生物的出现，这是专门由水象征的特点。所有这一切都将在详细的图形文件的基础上完成。这个极其多样化的主题的起源和分布将在跨文化背景下进行。中亚狮子形象对北印度文化景观的影响，特别是笈多时期（公元4至6世纪）的艺术将得到强调。古普塔创造的原型到达附近（尼泊尔）和更广泛（爪哇，柬埔寨（外围））的方式是一个重要的焦点。在更高的层次上，将突出加德满都山谷作为跨文化交流进程中心的作用