Friday, 4 April 2014

ART AND ICON............ ON SWARUPINI BOOK CENTRE..


The Name Of The Book: ART and ICON
Art and Icon: Essays on Early Indian Art
ISBN : 9788173054389
Author Name : Devangana Desai
Publishers Name : Aryan
Editions : 1st
Year of Publication : 2013
Price : Rs. 2800  $ 70.00
Discount: 100.00 INR
Book Format : Hardback
Language : English
Physical Description : Pp. xxvi + 310; Size 21 cm x 27 cm; Line Drawings 21; Photographs 1 86; Bibliography; Index

Content:-
Acknowledgements ix Abbreviations xiii List of Illustrations xv Credits for Illustrations xxi Introduction xxiii I. Approaches to Art 1. Social Dimensions of Art in Early India 1 2. Textual Sources in the Study of Temple Art 34 II. Terracotta Art 3. Ancient Indian Terracottas in their Social Context (c. 600 BCE-CE 600) 50 4. Goddesses in Clay - The Ritual Art of the Indian People 76 III. Iconography 5. Dancing Ganesa 88 6. Mother Goddess and Her Partner 108 7. A Remarkable Kushana Image-Linga from Mathura 114 8. Bronzes from Sopara - Seven Buddhas and Maitreya 124 IV. Iconology and Meaning in Art 9. The Temple as an Ordered Whole - The Iconic Scheme at Khajuraho 134 10. Salabhanjika and Surasundari - Auspicious Figures in Art 154 11. The Symbolism of Kurma in Art and Myth 181 V. Art and Eroticism 12. Erotic Literature 195 13. Tantrism and Erotic Temple Sculpture 207 14. Beyond the Erotic at Khajuraho 232 VI. Narrative Art 15. The Ramayana Episode Vali-vadha in Indian Sculpture (up to CE 1300) 247 16. Sveta-dvipa Devotees of Narayana - A Unique Panel at Khajuraho 269 Glossary 277 Bibliography 285 Index 297
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