A comprehensive catalogue on temple sculptures from North India from the 8th to the 13th centuries, featuring rare stone sculptures from Indian and American museum and private collections. It studies the complexity of diverse forms in a medieval Indian temple as well as fluid functional relationship between different types of forms. It also examines the plethora of forms that grace temple walls and interiors, and studies them as individual, aesthetic objects in a narrowly defined art-historical sense and to place them in a ...
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A comprehensive catalogue on temple sculptures from North India from the 8th to the 13th centuries, featuring rare stone sculptures from Indian and American museum and private collections. It studies the complexity of diverse forms in a medieval Indian temple as well as fluid functional relationship between different types of forms. It also examines the plethora of forms that grace temple walls and interiors, and studies them as individual, aesthetic objects in a narrowly defined art-historical sense and to place them in a more comprehensive architectural, religious and cultural context.
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Publisher:
S North America University of Washington Press
Published:
1993
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9277995623
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Seller's Description:
Fine Condition. 288 pp., 71 illustrations in both black and white and color. Softcover catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Asia Society Galleries, New York NY March 31-August 15, 1993 and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MI October 10-November 28, 1993.
Publisher:
S North America University of Washington Press
Published:
1993
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17967462985
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VG+/VG+ Dark red cloth with gilt embossed title along spine. Color illustrated dustjacket. 288 pp., profusely illustrated in color and bw. This illustrated book marks for the first time, loose sculptures from north Indian medieval temples that are examined within their architectural, religious, philosophical, and historical context. This volume was published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by The Asian Society Galleries. Uncommon hardbound edition. Catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition from The Asia Society Galleries, New York NY March 31-August 15, 1993 and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City MI October 10-November 28, 1993.
