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Art, Icon and Architecture in South-East Asia : Essays in Honour of Dr. Devangana Desai (2 volumes set)
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Editors : Anila Verghese, Anna L. Dallapiccola
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These two volumes of papers by a galaxy of scholars are a tribute to the eminent art historian Dr. Devangana Desai, who has made an invaluable contribution in the field of Indian art, iconology and architecture. The thirty-seven thematic essays in Art, Icon and Architecture in South Asia include many by senior and very illustrious scholars as well as some by younger researchers who are now making their mark. They are divided into five broad groups, in each the essays are arranged in a more or less chronological order. The first comprises four articles relating to Buddhist monuments and icons. The second group is the largest with seventeen essays that explore different aspects of iconography, images and narrative reliefs. The next is a set of nine papers on monuments, ranging from temples, to the transmission of architectural knowledge and even to water structures. The following group includes four papers that relate to painting, three of them touch on south Indian murals and one on miniature painting. The last group comprises three papers of a more general nature, dealing with the portrayal of women in Indian art, rasa, and the leap required to be made from iconography to iconology. The inclusion of the latter paper is significant given the seminal contribution that Dr. Devangana Desai has made to iconology through her book Religious Imagery of Khajuraho (1996). Bringing together as it does a large number of papers on a variety of themes related to Indian art, architecture and iconography, this book will be of much interest both to scholars as well as to students of art and aesthetics of South Asia. Contributors of Thematic Essays: ? Buddhist Monuments and Icons: M.K. Dhavalikar, Pratapaditya Pal, Elizabeth Rosen Stone, Suraj A. Pandit. ? Iconography, Narrative Sculpture and Images: Doris Meth Srinivasan, Devendra Handa, Amy G. Poster, Haripriya Rangarajan, Gouriswar Bhattacharya, Gerd J.R. Mevissen, Gauri Parimoo Krishnan, Tamara I. Sears, Parul Pandya Dhar, Preeta Nayar, Himanshu Prabha Ray, A.P. Jamkhedkar, Kumud Kanitkar, Madhu Khanna, S.R. Sarma, Crispin Branfoot, Shridhar Andhare. ? Monuments (Architecture): K.L. Mankodi, Michael W. Meister, Adam Hardy, Nachiket Chanchani, Arvind K. Singh, Amrendra K. Singh, Snehal Shah, Purnima Srikrishna, Jutta Jain-Neubauer. ? Painting: George Michell, B.N. Goswamy, Anna L. Dallapiccola, Anila Verghese. ? General Themes: Harsha V. Dehejia, Kamal Giri, Ratan Parimoo.
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| Weight | 4.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 22 × 12 × 8 cm |
| Type | Hardbound |
| Language | English |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Publisher | Aryan Books International |
| Delivery Time | 3-4 days |
| About the editors | Dr. Anila Verghese is an historian who has been doing research work on Vijayanagara city and empire since 1985, with special focus on art and religion. She is the author of Religious Traditions at Vijayanagara: As Revealed through Its Monuments (1995), Archaeology, Art and Religion: New Perspectives on Vijayanagara (2000), Monumental Legacy: Hampi (2001), and co-author with Anna L. Dallapiccola of Sculpture at Vijayanagara: Iconography and Style (1998). She is also co-editor of South India under Vijayanagara: Art and Archaeology (2011) and Mumbai ? Socio-Cultural Perspectives: Contributions of Ethnic Groups and Communities (2013), and editor of Krishnadevaraya and His Times (2013). She has also published over fifty scholarly articles. She was formerly the Principal of Sophia College, Mumbai and currently is the Director of Sophia Shree B.K. Somani Memorial Polytechnic, Mumbai. Dr. Anna L. Dallapiccola has a Ph.D. in Indian Art History and a Habilitation (D.Litt.) from the University of Heidelberg (Germany) and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland. She was Professor of Indian Art at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University from 1971 to 1995. In 1991 she was appointed Honorary Professor at Edinburgh University. She worked in India with the Vijayanagara Research Project from 1984 to 2001 and participated in the Cambridge Kumbakonam Project from 1995 to 1997. She has presented papers at a number of international conferences and written and edited many books. Dr. Dallapiccola's most recent publications are South Indian Paintings: Catalogue of the British Museum Collection (London, 2010) and The Great Platform at Vijayanagara (New Delhi, 2010). |
| Content | VOLUME I Foreword . M.A. Dhaky Preface and Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Contributors Dr. Devangana Desai: List of Publications Devangana Desai: The Person and the Scholar . Anila Verghese A Friend.s Friend and a Scholar.s Scholar . Indira Aiyar Devangana – My Friend . Arundhati Banerji BUDDHIST MONUMENTS AND ICONS 1. The Ashokan Stupa at Sopara . M.K. Dhavalikar 2. Romancing the Silk Road: Gandharan Art from the Hirayama Collection, Japan . Pratapaditya Pal 3. Kanganhalli (Sannati) and the Amaravati School: Some Observations . Elizabeth Rosen Stone 4. Miracle of Shravasti Depicted in the Art of Kanheri and Kondivate . Suraj A. Pandit ICONOGRAPHY, NARRATIVE SCULPTURE AND IMAGES 5. Mathura.s .Personality. and the Development of Narrative Art . Doris Meth Srinivasan 6. Varaheshvara from Bezeklik . Devendra Handa 7. A Terracotta Vishnu from Rajghat in the Metropolitan Museum of Art . Amy G. Poster 8. The Position of Matrika Varahi in Vaishnavism . Haripriya Rangarajan 9. How Come Sarasvati is a Consort of Vishnu in Eastern India. . Gouriswar Bhattacharya 10. Hitherto Unrecorded Dashavatara Stone Panels at Gaya and Related Sculptures from South Bihar . Gerd J.R. Mevissen 11. The Woman and Dwarf Motif in Western Indian Sculpture . Gauri Parimoo Krishnan 12. In the Gaze of the Guru: Shikshadana Scenes at Khajuraho . Tamara I. Sears 13. Challenging Cosmic Order: Ravana.s Encounters with Shiva at Belur and Halebidu . Parul Pandya Dhar 14. Gopika Vastrapaharana Sculptures of Kerala . Preeta Nayar 15. Narratives in Stone: The Ramayana in Early Sculptures . Himanshu Prabha Ray 16. Jaina Cave Temples: Patrons, Images and Legends, with Special Reference to Dharashiv and Ellora . A.P. Jamkhedkar 17. Jaina Episodic Panels, with Special Reference to the Jabareshvara Temple at Phaltan . Kumud Kanitkar 18. The Kali Yantra: The Changing Iconography of Goddess Dakshina Kali in Bengal . Madhu Khanna 19. Astronomy, Iconography and Calligraphy: The Constellation Figures on Ziauddin Muhammad.s Celestial Globe of 1653-54 CE . Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma 20. Temple Sculpture in Colonial Madurai: The Reconsecration of the Minakshi- Sundareshvara Temple in the 1870s . Crispin Branfoot 21. Folk Bronzes of the Dang Region: An Ethnological Study . Shridhar Andhare VOLUME II MONUMENTS (ARCHITECTURE) 22. The Mandasor Silk Weavers. Inscription of 437 CE and Temples of the Aulikaras . K.L. Mankodi 23. Pipad (Pipar) and the Transmission of Architectural Knowledge . Michael W. Meister 24. Ashapuri: Resurrecting a Medieval Temple Site . Adam Hardy 25. Revelation in Rock: Thal . Nachiket Chanchani 26. Kadwaha Temples . Arvind K. Singh 27. Enigmatic Mathas (Monasteries) and Madha (Temple) Remains from Panna in Central India . Amrendra K. Singh 28. Three Little Known Water Structures of Gujarat . Snehal Shah 29. .Meru. as Symbolised in the Vidyashankara Temple, Sringeri . Purnima Srikrishna 30. Udumbara: The Threshold at the Entrance of a Temple.Origin, Meaning and the Aesthetics of a Liminal Space . Jutta Jain-Neubauer PAINTING 31. Rajaraja Worshipping at Chidambaram: The Earliest Identifiable Royal Portrait in Indian Painting . George Michell 32. The Saptarishis, in the Eyes of a Painter . B.N. Goswamy 33. Ramayana Murals in the Vasanta Mandapa at Kallalagar Temple, Alagar Koyil . Anna L. Dallapiccola 34. King and Courtly Life as Depicted in the Murals in Ramalinga Vilasam, Ramanathapuram . Anila Verghese GENERAL THEMES 35. From Mriganayani to Gajagamini: A Celebration of Indian Womanhood . Harsha V. Dehejia 36. Rasa as Reflected in Stone Sculptures . Kamal Giri 37. Interpretation and the Leap from Iconography to Iconology . Ratan Parimoo |
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