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The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art
Vidya Dehejia
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Description for The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art
Hardback. Num Pages: 219 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFKB; AGH; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 902.
The sensuous human form-elegant and eye-catching-is the dominant feature of premodern Indian art. From the powerful god Shiva, greatest of all yogis and most beautiful of all beings, to stone dancers twisting along temple walls, the body in Indian art is always richly adorned. Alankara (ornament) protects the body and makes it complete and attractive; to be unornamented is to invite misfortune. In The Body Adorned, Vidya Dehejia, who has dedicated her career to the study of Indian art, draws on the literature of court poets, the hymns of saints and acharyas, and verses from inscriptions to illuminate premodern India's ... Read more
The sensuous human form-elegant and eye-catching-is the dominant feature of premodern Indian art. From the powerful god Shiva, greatest of all yogis and most beautiful of all beings, to stone dancers twisting along temple walls, the body in Indian art is always richly adorned. Alankara (ornament) protects the body and makes it complete and attractive; to be unornamented is to invite misfortune. In The Body Adorned, Vidya Dehejia, who has dedicated her career to the study of Indian art, draws on the literature of court poets, the hymns of saints and acharyas, and verses from inscriptions to illuminate premodern India's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
219
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Weight
902g
Number of Pages
219
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231140287
SKU
V9780231140287
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About Vidya Dehejia
Vidya Dehejia holds the Barbara Stoler Miller Chair in Indian Art at Columbia University. She was chief curator and deputy director, as well as acting director, of the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C. She is an established scholar whose publications have ranged from ancient Buddhist art to the esoteric temples of North ... Read more
Reviews for The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art
An important work for anyone interested in Indian art or religion... Highly recommended. Choice