Author: Balasubrahmanyam Venkataraman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Study of the contributions of the queens of a medieval South Indian dynasty to the development of temple architecture, art, and sculpture.
Temple Art Under the Chola Queens
Author: Balasubrahmanyam Venkataraman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Study of the contributions of the queens of a medieval South Indian dynasty to the development of temple architecture, art, and sculpture.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Study of the contributions of the queens of a medieval South Indian dynasty to the development of temple architecture, art, and sculpture.
Middle Chola Temples
Author: S. R. Balasubrahmanyam
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
Art of the Imperial Cholas
Author: Vidya Dehejia
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231515245
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The rule of the Chola dynasty in South India between the ninth and thirteenth centuries was a period of unparalleled creativity in Indian art. Known as the Golden Age of Tamil Culture, the Chola period produced dynamic royal personalities who shaped the artistic activity of theirtimes. Art of the Imperial Cholas examines the dynasty's architectural and sculptural achievements, which stand among the masterpieces of India.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231515245
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The rule of the Chola dynasty in South India between the ninth and thirteenth centuries was a period of unparalleled creativity in Indian art. Known as the Golden Age of Tamil Culture, the Chola period produced dynamic royal personalities who shaped the artistic activity of theirtimes. Art of the Imperial Cholas examines the dynasty's architectural and sculptural achievements, which stand among the masterpieces of India.
The Embodiment of Bhakti
Author: Karen Pechilis Prentiss
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195351908
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book offers an interpretive history of bhakti, an influential religious perspective in Hinduism. Prentiss argues that although bhakti is mentioned in every contemporary sourcebook on Indian religions, it still lacks an agreed-upon definition. "Devotion" is found to be the most commonly used synonym. Prentiss seeks a new perspective on this elusive concept. Her analysis of Tamil (south Indian) materials leads her to suggest that bhakti be understood as a doctrine of embodiment. Bhakti, she says, urges people towards active engagement in the worship of God. She proposes that the term "devotion" be replaced by "participation," emphasizing bhakti's call for engagement in worship and the necessity of embodiment to fulfill that obligation.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195351908
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book offers an interpretive history of bhakti, an influential religious perspective in Hinduism. Prentiss argues that although bhakti is mentioned in every contemporary sourcebook on Indian religions, it still lacks an agreed-upon definition. "Devotion" is found to be the most commonly used synonym. Prentiss seeks a new perspective on this elusive concept. Her analysis of Tamil (south Indian) materials leads her to suggest that bhakti be understood as a doctrine of embodiment. Bhakti, she says, urges people towards active engagement in the worship of God. She proposes that the term "devotion" be replaced by "participation," emphasizing bhakti's call for engagement in worship and the necessity of embodiment to fulfill that obligation.
The Embodiment of Bhakti
Author: Karen Pechilis
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195128133
Category : Bakhti in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In this interpretive history of bhakti, both chronicle and comparison are used to identify and analyze bhakti as understood by various Tamil Siva-bhakti authors and authorities."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195128133
Category : Bakhti in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
In this interpretive history of bhakti, both chronicle and comparison are used to identify and analyze bhakti as understood by various Tamil Siva-bhakti authors and authorities."--BOOK JACKET.
The Great Chola Temples
Author: C. Sivaramamurti
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture, Chola
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
Head and Heart
Author: Mary Storm
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317325567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317325567
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism.
Performance at the Urban Periphery
Author: Cathy Turner
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000594394
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This edited volume considers performance in its engagement with expanding Indian cities, with a particular focus on festivals and performances in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The editors ask how performance practices are affected by urbanisation, the effects of such changes on their cultural economy, and the environmental impacts of performance itself. This project also considers how performance responds to its context, and the potential for performance to be critical of the city’s development, and of its own compromises. Bringing together perspectives from the humanities, natural and social sciences, the book takes a multi-faceted analytical view of live performance, connecting contemporary with heritage forms, and human with more-than-human actors. The three sections, themed around heritage, everyday life, and future ecologies, will be of great interest to students and scholars in performance, heritage studies, ecology and art history.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000594394
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This edited volume considers performance in its engagement with expanding Indian cities, with a particular focus on festivals and performances in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The editors ask how performance practices are affected by urbanisation, the effects of such changes on their cultural economy, and the environmental impacts of performance itself. This project also considers how performance responds to its context, and the potential for performance to be critical of the city’s development, and of its own compromises. Bringing together perspectives from the humanities, natural and social sciences, the book takes a multi-faceted analytical view of live performance, connecting contemporary with heritage forms, and human with more-than-human actors. The three sections, themed around heritage, everyday life, and future ecologies, will be of great interest to students and scholars in performance, heritage studies, ecology and art history.
Portraiture in Early India
Author: Vincent Lefèvre
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004207368
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In the study of Indian art prior to the Mughal period, portraiture has so far been much neglected, when its existence has not simply been denied. This book is an attempt to reassess this issue, by showing that portraits have existed in great number in early India, since probably the first artistic achievements. Through a close scrutiny of sculpted and (more rarely) painted images brought together with textual and epigraphical references, it aims at highlighting the specificities of Indian portraiture, its relationship with divine images and, consequently, at understanding the development of Indian imagery. It questions also the social and religious implications related to this issue.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004207368
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
In the study of Indian art prior to the Mughal period, portraiture has so far been much neglected, when its existence has not simply been denied. This book is an attempt to reassess this issue, by showing that portraits have existed in great number in early India, since probably the first artistic achievements. Through a close scrutiny of sculpted and (more rarely) painted images brought together with textual and epigraphical references, it aims at highlighting the specificities of Indian portraiture, its relationship with divine images and, consequently, at understanding the development of Indian imagery. It questions also the social and religious implications related to this issue.
The World in the Year 1000
Author: James Heitzman
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761825616
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The World in the Year 1000 is organized in four thematic sections covering five world regions: Europe, the Islamic world, India, China, and Mesoamerica. All contributions in this volume are original works by many of today's leading scholars.
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761825616
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
The World in the Year 1000 is organized in four thematic sections covering five world regions: Europe, the Islamic world, India, China, and Mesoamerica. All contributions in this volume are original works by many of today's leading scholars.