Author: Government Museum (Chennai, India)
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Category : Jaina art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"South India is the cradle of civilisation. The earliest civilisation postulated here dates back to more than 10,000-15,00 years from the present. The land has had successive layers of different civilisations...in different time periods. This has resulted in a highly advanced civilisation, which has spawned its famous temples, which serve as repositories of architecture, art and culture....Some of the works of art of this culture, which were either buried in the soil or found neglected due to the passage of time have been collected and deposited in the Government Museum, Chennai (Madras)."--Foreword, p. 5.
Iconography of the Jain Images in the Government Museum, Chennai, Madras
Author: Government Museum (Chennai, India)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jaina art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"South India is the cradle of civilisation. The earliest civilisation postulated here dates back to more than 10,000-15,00 years from the present. The land has had successive layers of different civilisations...in different time periods. This has resulted in a highly advanced civilisation, which has spawned its famous temples, which serve as repositories of architecture, art and culture....Some of the works of art of this culture, which were either buried in the soil or found neglected due to the passage of time have been collected and deposited in the Government Museum, Chennai (Madras)."--Foreword, p. 5.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jaina art
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
"South India is the cradle of civilisation. The earliest civilisation postulated here dates back to more than 10,000-15,00 years from the present. The land has had successive layers of different civilisations...in different time periods. This has resulted in a highly advanced civilisation, which has spawned its famous temples, which serve as repositories of architecture, art and culture....Some of the works of art of this culture, which were either buried in the soil or found neglected due to the passage of time have been collected and deposited in the Government Museum, Chennai (Madras)."--Foreword, p. 5.
Iconography of the Jain Images in the Districts of Tamilnadu
Author: R. Kannan
Publisher:
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Category : Idols and images
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Idols and images
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora
Author: Lisa Owen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004206299
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain activities at Ellora. It not only highlights the understudied Jain caves, but examines them in concert with Ellora's Hindu and Buddhist monuments.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004206299
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain activities at Ellora. It not only highlights the understudied Jain caves, but examines them in concert with Ellora's Hindu and Buddhist monuments.
Manual on the Bronzes in the Government Museum, Chennai
Author: Government Museum (Chennai, India). Bronze Gallery
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Category : Architectural metal-work
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architectural metal-work
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Bibliographic Guide to Art and Architecture
Author: New York Public Library. Art and Architecture Division
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
Archaeology and Text
Author: Himanshu Prabha Ray
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
What is a temple? Who built or patronized such structures and why? Temples have always formed a crucial element of the cultural landscape of South Asia. Combining textual analysis, archaeology, and archival research with contemporary anthropology, Archaeology and Text provides a stimulating appraisal of religious life in the past. Through detailed case studies from regions like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bengal, and Orissa, the book examines both the religious architecture of the temples and the cultural practices surrounding them. The essays underscore the importance of the temple in its interaction with diverse interest groups, such as worshippers, ritual specialists, ascetics, patrons, artisans, and others. They also show how temples were not only expressions of political authority but also formed important centres of learning, popular devotion, and pilgrimage. The volume explores the development of bhakti and ascetic traditions in the subcontinent in relation to temples. It investigates the relationship between sacrificial rituals and devotional practices; emergent religious cultures and older traditions; and temples and renouncers. The collection also questions the notion of boundaries surrounding religious traditions underlining the fact that present categories do not fit neatly in those of a bygone era. The introduction provides a succinct account of sacred spaces as they came to be defined in archaeological records from the first millennium BCE onwards.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
What is a temple? Who built or patronized such structures and why? Temples have always formed a crucial element of the cultural landscape of South Asia. Combining textual analysis, archaeology, and archival research with contemporary anthropology, Archaeology and Text provides a stimulating appraisal of religious life in the past. Through detailed case studies from regions like Karnataka, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bengal, and Orissa, the book examines both the religious architecture of the temples and the cultural practices surrounding them. The essays underscore the importance of the temple in its interaction with diverse interest groups, such as worshippers, ritual specialists, ascetics, patrons, artisans, and others. They also show how temples were not only expressions of political authority but also formed important centres of learning, popular devotion, and pilgrimage. The volume explores the development of bhakti and ascetic traditions in the subcontinent in relation to temples. It investigates the relationship between sacrificial rituals and devotional practices; emergent religious cultures and older traditions; and temples and renouncers. The collection also questions the notion of boundaries surrounding religious traditions underlining the fact that present categories do not fit neatly in those of a bygone era. The introduction provides a succinct account of sacred spaces as they came to be defined in archaeological records from the first millennium BCE onwards.
Manual on Conservation and Restoration of Monuments
Author: R. Kannan
Publisher:
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Records about twenty five monuments and temples in Tamil Nadu, India.
Publisher:
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Records about twenty five monuments and temples in Tamil Nadu, India.
Tiruppudaimarudur Murals and Wood Carvings
Author: R. Kannan
Publisher:
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Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Carving (Decorative arts)
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Timeless Delight
Author: Irā Nākacāmi
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bronze sculpture, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Bhutan Diplomatic Handbook - Strategic Information and Developments
Publisher:
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Category : Bronze sculpture, Indic
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Bhutan Diplomatic Handbook - Strategic Information and Developments
Souvenir to Commemorate the Completion of One Hundred and Fifty One Years
Author: Government Museum (Chennai, India)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description