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What is Indian Temple Sculpture about?

This Innovative Book Is Themed Around Indian Temple Arts As Instruments Of Worship - Devotional Sculptures Which Embody, Through The Combined Authority Of The Aesthetic And The Symbolic, Powerful Religious Experiences. It Examines Indian Religious Sculpture In The Temple Context - Its Cosmological Meaning, Its Function Within The Architectural Schema And Its Dynamic Interactive Role In Worship. Accessible And Multidisciplinary In Its Approach, Indian Temple Sculpture Reveals The Vivid Traditions Still In Practice Today, And Opens Up A World Of Understanding About Indian Devotional Art.--book Jacket. Religious Sculpture Of The Indian Subcontinent. Sacred Word, Sacred Image ; The Image House ; Icons Of Devotion ; Myths Made Manifest -- The Rules Of Design : The Śāstric Tradition. Sculpture And The śāstras ; Reflected Image : Efficacy In Indian Temple Sculpture ; Raising Up The Image ; Measuring Man ; The Maker ; Opening The Eyes : The Consecration Rituals -- The Temple Setting. The Temple As Body ; Form ; Function -- Devotion And Temple Worship. Temple Worship ; Devotion And Darśana -- Seeing God ; Temple Pūjās And Festivals -- Iconography And Emotion. Expressing Emotion And Aestheti

Author

Guy, John, 1949-

Publisher

V&A Publications ; Distributed in North America by Harry N. Abrams

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9784412957817

Subjects

Art, Religion, History