Author: Charles Dillard CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elephanta Island (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Iconographic Sources for the Sculptural Program at Elephanta
Author: Charles Dillard CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elephanta Island (India)
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta
Author: Charles D. CollinsPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791499537
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The beautiful rock-cut Siva temple on Elephanta Island in Bombay Harbor is one of the finest monuments of Indian religion and art. Until now, interpretation of its magnificent sculptured scenes has been neglected. In this book, Collins systematically surveys the pertinent Vedic, Epic, and early Puranic literature as well as the contributions of India's foremost poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, to reveal sources for and interpretations of the subjects of the relief sculptures. This survey shows strong associations with areas formerly controlled by the classical Gupta dynasty in northern India. This book provides the first detailing of this link, intimated by others before, which helps to explain the grandeur of style found in the colossal reliefs. By applying certain aspects of ritual texts of the Lakulisa-Pasupata, the sect that probably used Elephanta originally, exceptional clarity is revealed for the worship of the sculptures in a counterclockwise sequence, quite unusual in India, but appropriate to this particular sect. Lakulisa-Pasupata texts are invoked in Collins' theory of how the cave-temple at Elephanta was used. This area of investigation has been virtually untouched by other scholars for any early Hindu shrine in India.
Iconographic Sources for the Sculptural Program at Elephanta
Author: Charles Dillard CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hindu sculpture
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The Śāmalājī Sculptures and 6th Century Art in Western India
Author: Sara L SchastokPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004646515
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
Reading Śiva
Author: Ellen RavenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004473009
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
An extensive, illustrated bibliography for the Hindu god Śiva in the arts of South and Southeast Asia, offering detailed indices and easy access to resource repositories.
South Indian Studies
Author: Busnagi RajannanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dissertations, Academic
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Mãrg
Author: Mārg̲
Author: Sources in Iconography in the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University
Author: Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and ArtPublisher: McGill Universities Libraries
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Author: