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Indian art / Vidya Dehejia.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Art & ideasPublisher: London : Phaidon, 1997Description: 447 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0714834963
  • 9780714834962
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 709.54 21
LOC classification:
  • N7301 .D336 1997
Contents:
Introduction: Mountains, Rivers, People -- 1. Experiencing Art: The Viewer, the Art, the Artist -- 2. Bricks, Seals and Stone: Into Written History -- 3. Stories in Stone: The Popular Appeal of Early Buddhist Art -- 4. After Alexander: Indo-Greek Art and the Buddha Image -- 5. Into the Mountainside: Cave Monasteries and Cave Temples -- 6. 'Seeing' the Divine: Image and Temple -- 7. Sacred and 'Profane': The Nagara Temple -- 8. A Riddle in Stone: Pallava Mamallapuram -- 9. Holy Ground: Dravida Chola Temples -- 10. God in Their Midst: The Temple City and Festival Bronzes -- 11. Linear Abstractions: Art and the Sultans of India -- 12. Cosmopolitan Splendour: The City of Vijayanagara -- 13. Visions of Paradise: The Luxury of Mughal Art -- 14. Palaces and Pavilions: Rajput Mewar -- 15. Rome of the Tropics: Churches of Portuguese Goa -- 16. Jewels in the Crown: Art in the British Raj -- Epilogue: Art and Modernity -- Glossary -- Religious and Mythical Figures -- Major Dynasties and Empires -- Key Dates -- Map -- Further Reading -- Index -- Acknowledgements.
Summary: Using a contextual approach, this book considers the meaning of the word "art" in the Indian cultural milieu, the relationship between the subcontinent's religious traditions, the status of artists, and the impact of trade and travel on artistic development.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 436-440) and index.

Introduction: Mountains, Rivers, People -- 1. Experiencing Art: The Viewer, the Art, the Artist -- 2. Bricks, Seals and Stone: Into Written History -- 3. Stories in Stone: The Popular Appeal of Early Buddhist Art -- 4. After Alexander: Indo-Greek Art and the Buddha Image -- 5. Into the Mountainside: Cave Monasteries and Cave Temples -- 6. 'Seeing' the Divine: Image and Temple -- 7. Sacred and 'Profane': The Nagara Temple -- 8. A Riddle in Stone: Pallava Mamallapuram -- 9. Holy Ground: Dravida Chola Temples -- 10. God in Their Midst: The Temple City and Festival Bronzes -- 11. Linear Abstractions: Art and the Sultans of India -- 12. Cosmopolitan Splendour: The City of Vijayanagara -- 13. Visions of Paradise: The Luxury of Mughal Art -- 14. Palaces and Pavilions: Rajput Mewar -- 15. Rome of the Tropics: Churches of Portuguese Goa -- 16. Jewels in the Crown: Art in the British Raj -- Epilogue: Art and Modernity -- Glossary -- Religious and Mythical Figures -- Major Dynasties and Empires -- Key Dates -- Map -- Further Reading -- Index -- Acknowledgements.

Using a contextual approach, this book considers the meaning of the word "art" in the Indian cultural milieu, the relationship between the subcontinent's religious traditions, the status of artists, and the impact of trade and travel on artistic development.

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