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Temple Architecture and Imagery of South and South-East Asia
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Editors : Parul Pandya Dhar , Gerd J.R. Mevissen
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This volume is a tribute to Professor M.A. Dhaky’s profound and influential scholarship by an international community of well-known scholars in the field of South and Southeast Asian temple art and architecture. The thirty-two essays that make this book unfold many layers of the temples’ imagery, taking a broad view and traversing religious, cultural, and temporal boundaries. While a majority of these are rooted in India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tibet, Nepal, Cambodia, and Vietnam also figure prominently. Preceded by valuable insights into M.A. Dhaky’s encyclopaedic writings, the volume is configured along six sub-themes inspired by his contributions to the discipline. These include the architectonics of temples, their varied materials and milieus, stylistics, patronage and transregional connections; studies of architectural elements in culture-specific contexts; inter-relationships between sculpture and architecture in the temple’s larger narrative; the embodiment of cult icons; other non-cultic manifestations on the temple; ritual observances and performance traditions. Several of the essays move in and out of M.A. Dhaky’s writings, building upon themes addressed by him, extending his methods to newer materials, regions, and time-frames, and charting fresh paths that extend the orbit of temple studies. Scholars and interested readers will find in this volume a thoughtful and cohesive collection of the most recent and insightful research on art historical aspects of South and Southeast Asian temples by the finest minds engaged in the field.
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| Weight | 4.8 kg |
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| Dimensions | 26 × 16 × 4.6 cm |
| Type | Hardbound |
| Language | English |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Publisher | Aryan Books International |
| Delivery Time | 3-4 days |
| About the editors | Parul Pandya Dhar, Associate Professor in the Department of History, University of Delhi, specializes in the history of ancient and medieval Indian architecture and sculpture and artistic exchange between South and Southeast Asia. An Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow in Indian Art History, Germany (2007-08), she has developed and taught specialized courses at the intersection of art and history at post-graduate and research levels. Her academic commitment to visual art histories is complemented by years of training, performances, and lecture-demonstrations in classical Indian dance in India and abroad. Her books include The Toraa in Indian and Southeast Asian Architecture (2010, authored), Indian Art History: Changing Perspectives (2011, edited), and Asian Encounters: Exploring Connected Histories (2014, co-edited) among other research writings and projects. Gerd J.R. Mevissen is an independent researcher affiliated to the Asian Art Museum, Berlin, Germany. He studied Architecture at the Technische University Berlin (Dipl.-Ing. Arch., 1974-80), and Indian Art History at the Freie University Berlin (M.A., 1985-90). He served as Lecturer at the former Institut fo?r Indische Philologie und Kunstgeschichte (Institute unjustifiably discontinued), Freie Universit?t Berlin (1990-95), and as Assistant Curator at the former Museum for Indische Kunst, Berlin (2000-02). He is executive editor of the research journals Berliner Indologische Studien (since 1995) and Indo-Asiatische Zeitschrift (since 1997), has edited several volumes of collected papers (since 1991), and published about 70 studies on aspects of ancient Indian art and iconography (Hindu, Buddhist, Jain), focusing on systematic documentation of groups of minor deities. |
| Content | Foreword . Kapila Vatsyayan Acknowledgements Message . Pradeep Mehendiratta Dhaky Saheb: Reminiscences . Devangana Desai The Indian Art History Congress . R.D. Choudhury Colour Plates Temple Architecture and Imagery: An Introduction . Parul Pandya Dhar and Gerd J.R. Mevissen Pioneering Perspectives: The Temple in M.A. Dhaky.s Writings . Parul Pandya Dhar Writings in Regional Languages by M.A. Dhaky . Hemant Dave Bibliography of M.A. Dhaky.s Publications I. Architectural Styles, Modes, Materials, and Milieus 1. The Development of the Vihara Shrine from Bagh to Ajanta . Walter M. Spink 2. From Sikhara to Sekhari: Building from the Ground Up . Michael W. Meister 3. The Early Temples of Campa, Vietnam: Shaping an Architectural Language . Parul Pandya Dhar 4. Brick Infill: Little Known Brick Temples of the Pratihara Period . Adam Hardy 5. Reconsidering Kadwaha.s Temples: History, Chronology, and Patronage . Tamara I. Sears 6. The Rehmana-prasada Abroad: Masjid-i Sangi of Larwand (Afghanistan) . Alka Patel 7. Manufacturing Tradition: Rajput Temples in the Mughal and Post-Mughal Era . Catherine B. Asher 8. Ahilyabai.s Monuments at Maheshwar . Frederick Asher II. Architectural Elements 9. A Note on the Ceiling Designs in the Temples of Northern Karnataka, with Special Emphasis on the Lotus Blossom Motif . Corinna Wessels-Mevissen 10. Composite Pillars with Three-Dimensional Sculptures in the Outer Mandapa of the Atmanatha temple, Avudayarkoil . Anila Verghese 11. The Dipa-stambhas of Goa.s Temples: Deccan Sultanate Influence on Coastal Hindu Architecture . George Michell 12. Lesser Known Spiral Wells of Gujarat . Snehal Shah III. Architecture and the Configuration of Imagery 13. Three Royal Temple Foundations in South India: Tripurantaka Imagery as a Statement of Political Power . Gerd J.R. Mevissen 14. Aundha Naganatha Temple. Paradigm Shift in Imagery: Jnana Marga to Bhakti Marga . Kumud Kanitkar 15. A New Type of .Devapatta. and a Few Other Vaisnava Icons from the Visnu Temple, Mandhata . Jurgen Neuss 16. Ramayana Reliefs in the Cintala Venkataramana, Tadapatri . Anna L. Dallapiccola IV. Embodying the Deity 17. Sri Laksmi in Oral Tradition and Art . Arvind P. Jamkhedkar 18. Laksmi on the Lion . Doris Meth Srinivasan 19. Reattribution of an Important Early Indian Buddha Image in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . Stephen Markel 20. A Unique Sculptural Panel from Kanheri Cave 90 . Suraj A. Pandit 21. Some Sesasayi Visnu Sculptures from Southeast Asia . Ratan Parimoo 22. Vatapatrasayi: Lord of the Banyan Leaf in Temple Sculpture . Devangana Desai 23. Hindu Deities without Temples, but with Architectural Association: An Enigmatic Situation . Gouriswar Bhattacharya 24. Sculptural Treasures in the Temples and Lanes of Varanasi . Kamal Giri V. Inhabiting the Temple 25. A Rare Gilt Bronze of a Divine Couple from Nepal: A Case of Mistaken Identity . Pratapaditya Pal 26. Lead, Kindly Light. A Preliminary Study of a Sculpture of a Lamp Bearer from the Jageshwar Valley . Nachiket Chanchani 27. Beauty and the Beast: Disrobing the Female Figure . Thomas E. Donaldson 28. The Case of the Contraband Cargo, or, Atru.s Amorous Couples . Kirit L. Mankodi VI. Piety, Society, and Ritual Performance 29. Nisidhis: Jaina Memorial Monuments . S. Settar 30. Some Vital Socio-cultural Dimensions of Jaina Art . Maruti Nandan Pd. Tiwari and Shanti Swaroop Sinha 31. Theatre and Temple: Ranganatha and Rangamandapa in South and Southeast Asia . Adalbert J. Gail 32. Embroidered Temples: Locating Kantha in Bengali Devotional Practice . Pika Ghosh The Contributors |
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