Author: T E Donaldson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900464654X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Hindu Temple Art of Orissa, Volume Three
Author: T E Donaldson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900464654X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 900464654X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 794
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Hindu Temple Art of Orissa, Volume Three
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Hindu Temple Art of Orissa
Author: Thomas E. Donaldson
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Category : Architecture, Hindu
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Category : Architecture, Hindu
Languages : en
Pages : 1074
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Hindu Temple Art of Orissa, Volume One
Author: Thomas E Donaldson
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004646523
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 986
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Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004646523
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 986
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Dakṣiṇa Kosala
Author: Natasja Bosma
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ISBN: 9492444682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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This book deals with the early development of Śaivism in ancient Dakṣiṇa Kosala, the region that roughly corresponds to the modern state of Chhattisgarh, plus the districts of Sambalpur, Balangir and Kalahandi of Odhisha (formerly Orissa). At the end of the sixth and the beginning of the seventh century, this region was under the control of the Pāṇḍava king Śivagupta alias ‘Bālārjuna’ hailing from Śrīpura (the modern village of Sirpur), who was a great patron of religion. Epigraphical evidence, supported by archaeological remains, has shown that by the time of Śivagupta’s reign, which lasted for at least fifty-seven years, Dakṣiṇa Kosala was already a rich center of early Śaivism. In the context of this setting the following research questions were formulated: what circumstances fostered the rise and development of Śaivism in this area, and did the Skandapurāṇa, an important and contemporaneous religious scripture, play any role in that development? An answer to these questions would not only shed light on the religious processes at work in Dakṣiṇa Kosala, but would also touch upon the interplay of political, social, economic and geographical factors.
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ISBN: 9492444682
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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This book deals with the early development of Śaivism in ancient Dakṣiṇa Kosala, the region that roughly corresponds to the modern state of Chhattisgarh, plus the districts of Sambalpur, Balangir and Kalahandi of Odhisha (formerly Orissa). At the end of the sixth and the beginning of the seventh century, this region was under the control of the Pāṇḍava king Śivagupta alias ‘Bālārjuna’ hailing from Śrīpura (the modern village of Sirpur), who was a great patron of religion. Epigraphical evidence, supported by archaeological remains, has shown that by the time of Śivagupta’s reign, which lasted for at least fifty-seven years, Dakṣiṇa Kosala was already a rich center of early Śaivism. In the context of this setting the following research questions were formulated: what circumstances fostered the rise and development of Śaivism in this area, and did the Skandapurāṇa, an important and contemporaneous religious scripture, play any role in that development? An answer to these questions would not only shed light on the religious processes at work in Dakṣiṇa Kosala, but would also touch upon the interplay of political, social, economic and geographical factors.
Epic Narratives in the Hoysaḷa Temples
Author: Kirsti Evans
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004105751
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
This contextual study of narrative reliefs depicting Hindu epics and puranas on specific South Indian Hoysal a temples provides a detailed exposition of narrative episodes paired with photographs, illustrating and reviewing the stories and exploring techniques of Indian visual narrative.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004105751
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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This contextual study of narrative reliefs depicting Hindu epics and puranas on specific South Indian Hoysal a temples provides a detailed exposition of narrative episodes paired with photographs, illustrating and reviewing the stories and exploring techniques of Indian visual narrative.
East and West
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Animals in Stone
Author: Alexandra van der Geer
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 904744356X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The art history of South Asia covers a time span of roughly four and a half thousand years. During this period, a vast number of animal stone sculptures has been produced, ranging from the pre-historic period till today and covering a great variety of motifs and imagery in different regions and religious traditions. Even so, the number of studies devoted to these animal sculptures has remained extremely limited. The present book aims at filling this knowledge gap. With this richly illustrated book, the first of its kind, Van der Geer offers a comparative study of the ways in which various animals have been depicted and a lucid analysis of the sculptors’ treatment of their “models”: living animals. The art history of sculptured animals is contextualized with a description of the use of animals as can be read from ancient texts, archaeological evidence and contemporaneous culture. In doing so, parallels as well as differences in style or iconography are highlighted, elucidating the variety of animal depictions across regions, religious contexts and through time. The corpus of discussed material ranges from Indus seals, stupa panels and railings, monumental temples from North and South India, non-religious palace and fort architecture to loose sculptures in museum collections.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 904744356X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 880
Book Description
The art history of South Asia covers a time span of roughly four and a half thousand years. During this period, a vast number of animal stone sculptures has been produced, ranging from the pre-historic period till today and covering a great variety of motifs and imagery in different regions and religious traditions. Even so, the number of studies devoted to these animal sculptures has remained extremely limited. The present book aims at filling this knowledge gap. With this richly illustrated book, the first of its kind, Van der Geer offers a comparative study of the ways in which various animals have been depicted and a lucid analysis of the sculptors’ treatment of their “models”: living animals. The art history of sculptured animals is contextualized with a description of the use of animals as can be read from ancient texts, archaeological evidence and contemporaneous culture. In doing so, parallels as well as differences in style or iconography are highlighted, elucidating the variety of animal depictions across regions, religious contexts and through time. The corpus of discussed material ranges from Indus seals, stupa panels and railings, monumental temples from North and South India, non-religious palace and fort architecture to loose sculptures in museum collections.
Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains
Author: Nachiket Chanchani
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295744529
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
From approximately the third century BCE through the thirteenth century CE, the remote mountainous landscape around the glacial sources of the Ganga (Ganges) River in the Central Himalayas in northern India was transformed into a region encoded with deep meaning, one approached by millions of Hindus as a primary locus of pilgrimage. Nachiket Chanchani’s innovative study explores scores of stone edifices and steles that were erected in this landscape. Through their forms, locations, interactions with the natural environment, and sociopolitical context, these lithic ensembles evoked legendary worlds, embedded historical memories in the topography, changed the mountain range’s appearance, and shifted its semiotic effect. Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains also alters our understanding of the transmission of architectural knowledge and provides new evidence of how an enduring idea of India emerged in the subcontinent. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295744529
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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From approximately the third century BCE through the thirteenth century CE, the remote mountainous landscape around the glacial sources of the Ganga (Ganges) River in the Central Himalayas in northern India was transformed into a region encoded with deep meaning, one approached by millions of Hindus as a primary locus of pilgrimage. Nachiket Chanchani’s innovative study explores scores of stone edifices and steles that were erected in this landscape. Through their forms, locations, interactions with the natural environment, and sociopolitical context, these lithic ensembles evoked legendary worlds, embedded historical memories in the topography, changed the mountain range’s appearance, and shifted its semiotic effect. Mountain Temples and Temple Mountains also alters our understanding of the transmission of architectural knowledge and provides new evidence of how an enduring idea of India emerged in the subcontinent. Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/mountain-temples-and-temple-mountains
Humanities
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Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Humanities
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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