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- The Goddess
Mah?c?nakrama-
T?r?
(Ugra-T?r?) in
Buddhist and
Hindu Tantrism:
- Indian Art: (17 December
1997)This text
looks at the
role of art in
the Indian
subcontinent
and then
analyzes early
art from the
Indus
civilization
(2000 BC) to
the time of
Buddha (c.5000
BC). The
Mauryan
emperor Ashoka
(4th century
BC), was an
important
player in the
dissemination
of Buddhism,
using art to
this end. A
stable
economic base
and the rise
of a
mercantile
community were
important in
Buddhism's
growth.
Inscriptions
show that the
contributions
to pay for art
came from
housewives,
householders,
merchants,
traders and a
range of other
"common"
people. The
vibrant
narrative
tradition
displayed in
this art is
analyzed. The
text goes on
to examine the
development of
the Buddha
image and the
art of later
esoteric
Buddhism; the
Islamic
aesthetic; the
art of the
Mughal empire;
the art and
architecture
of Rajasthan;
and British
imperial art
and
architecture.
Source: (17 December 1997) - Indian Art
(World of Art): (27 October
1997)The
grave,
sensuous, and
infinitely
varied arts of
India have
long been
admired in the
West. This
engaging book
tells the
story clearly
and vividly
from the
first, still
mysterious,
beginnings in
the Indus
valley,
through the
great
masterpieces
of Buddhist
and Hindu art
to the coming
of Islam, the
eclectic
culture of the
Mughal court,
and the golden
age of
miniature
painting. Much
of Indian art
is immediately
accessible to
the outsider,
but much is
also
enigmatic,
needing
interpretation
and guidance
before it can
be enjoyed in
depth: the
strange
pantheon of
the Hindu
gods, the
subtle
insights of
Buddhist
mysticism, or
the complex
symbolism of
the
miniatures.
For this
edition, the
late Professor
Craven
thoroughly
revised the
text and
incorporated
works by
contemporary
artists,
linking their
achievements
to the
traditions of
Indian art. A
new glossary
and time line
are also
included.
Source: (27 October 1997) - The World of
Buddhism:
Buddhist Monks
and Nuns in
Society and
Culture (The
Great
Civilizations): Describes the
teachings of
the Buddha,
looks at
Buddhism in
India, Burma,
Thailand,
China, Korea,
and Japan, and
looks at
Buddhist
history,
sects,
shrines, and
temples.
- Unseen
Presence: The
Buddha &
Sanchi: Located on top
of a hill at
Sanchi in
Central India
is an ancient
Buddhist
monastery with
a dynamic
1,500-year
history. It
has an
inscribed
column of the
Maurya Emperor
Ashoka, a
great stupa
with
magnificent
sculpted
toranas, and a
variety of
monastic
adjuncts and
temples, some
built as late
as the 12th
century.
Sanchi is
indeed a
microcosm of
the Buddhist
experience in
India. This
book throws
new light on
varying
aspects of
Sanchi, its
original
significance,
the meaning of
its donative
inscriptions,
ways of
looking at its
magnificent
sculpture and
architecture,
as well as its
importance
today for New
Buddhists.
- Gardner's Art
Through the
Ages: A Global
History: (03 January
2008)
Source: (03 January 2008) - History of
Indian and
Eastern
architecture -
[Complete in 2
volumes]:
- Art Of Ancient
India: (01 August
1985)To
scholars in
the field, the
need for an
up-to-date
overview of
the art of
South Asia has
been apparent
for decades.
Although many
regional and
dynastic
genres of
Indic art are
fairly well
understood,
the broad,
overall
representation
of India's
centuries of
splendor has
been lacking.
_The Art of
Ancient India
_ is the
result of the
authors' aim
to provide
such a
synthesis.
Noted expert
Sherman E. Lee
has commented:
"Not since
Coomaraswamy's
_History of
Indian and
Indonesian Art
_ (1927) has
there been a
survey of such
completeness."
Indeed, this
work restudies
and
reevaluates
every frontier
of ancient
Indic art from
its
prehistoric
roots up to
the period of
Muslim rule,
from the
Himalayan
north to the
tropical
south, and
from the
earliest
extant
writings
through the
most modern
scholarship on
the subject.
This dynamic
survey?generou
sly
complemented
with 775
illustrations,
including 48
in full color
and numerous
architectural
ground plans,
and detailed
maps and fine
drawings, and
further
enhanced by
its guide to
Sanskrit,
copious notes,
extensive
bibliography,
and glossary
of South Asian
art terms?is
the most
comprehensive
and most fully
illustrated
study of South
Asian art
available. The
works and
monuments
included in
this volume
have been
selected not
only for their
artistic merit
but also in
order to both
provide
general
coverage and
include
transitional
works that
furnish the
key to an
all-encompassi
ng view of the
art. An
outstanding
portrayal of
ancient
India's
highest
intellectual
and technical
achievements,
this volume is
written for
many
audiences:
scholars, for
whom it
provides an
up-to-date
background
against which
to examine
their own
areas of
study;
teachers and
students of
college level,
for whom it
supplies a
complete
summary of and
a resource for
their own
deeper
investigations
into Indic
art; and
curious
readers, for
whom it gives
a broad-based
introduction
to this
fascinating
area of world
art. An
immensely
important
contribution
to the
scholarship on
South Asian
art, this
fresh and
enlightening
survey is
surely
destined to
become the
standard
reference in
the field.
Source: (01 August 1985) - Indian Temple
Sculpture: (01 May
2007)Illustrat
ed with the
V&A?s
unrivaled
collection of
South Asian
sculpture,
this is the
first book to
look at Indian
temple
sculpture
within its
full context,
from religion
and ritual to
architecture
and
iconography.
John Guy
examines the
sculpture as
an instrument
of worship
that embodies
powerful
religious
experiences,
and considers
its
cosmological
meaning, its
origins, the
temple
setting, and
the role of
sculpture
within it,
also revealing
the vivid
rituals and
traditions
still in
practice
today. An
excellent
introduction
to the three
traditional
religions of
the Indian
subcontinent?H
induism,
Jainism, and
Buddhism?throu
gh the myths
and
manifestations
of the
principal
deities,
_Indian Temple
Sculpture_
will fascinate
all those
interested in
Indian
culture.
Source: (01 May 2007) - The Temple
Architecture
of India: (09 January
2008)Indian
temples
represent one
of the great
architectural
traditions of
the world.
Built for
Hindu,
Buddhist and
Jain worship,
they are
without
parallel in
the way that
they combine
direct
sensuous
appeal with a
highly complex
formal
structure.
This volume
explains the
principles and
processes
underlying the
designs of
these
monuments,
providing
essential
historical
background and
placing the
architecture
in its
cultural and
religious
context. It
traces the
origins and
formation of
the two
classical
architectural
'languages' of
India - the
northern
Nagara and
southern
Dravida - and
their
extraordinaril
y varied
development
during the
great age of
temple
construction
between the
6th and 13th
centuries. The
book surveys
the continuing
vitality of
these systems
up to the
present, and
explores the
lessons that
can be learned
from them by
architects and
artists today.
By giving a
coherent
explanation of
how to look at
this
architecture,
as a whole and
in detail, the
book is able
to convey a
lucid and
comprehensive
understanding
of the design
concepts
followed by
the temple
architects,
and of the
development of
temple forms.
The starting
point of the
analysis is
the
realisation
that the
principal
elements of
temple designs
are themselves
images of
temples. Once
this is
recognised,
the complex
architectural
compositions
become clear.
It can then be
seen that a
perennial
concern of
this
architecture
is the
expression of
movement.
Recurrent
perceptions of
the cosmos and
the divine in
Indian
religion and
philosophy are
shown to have
close
parallels in
patterns of
emanation and
centrifugal
growth
embodied in
architectural
form. The book
is lavishly
illustrated
with colour
photographs
and analytical
drawings,
which are
integral to
the ideas and
arguments put
forward in the
text.
Source: (09 January 2008)
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