Art and History
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Art and History

Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India

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eBook - ePub

Art and History

Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India

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About this book

Art and History: Texts, Contexts and Visual Representations in Ancient and Early Medieval India seeks to locate the historical contexts of premodern Indian art traditions. The volume examines significant questions, such as: What were the purposes served by art?
How were religious and political ideas and philosophies conveyed through visual representations?
How central were prescription, technique and style to the production of art?
Who were the makers and patrons of art?
How and why do certain art forms, meanings and symbols retain a relevance
across context? With contributions from historians and art historians seeking to unravel the interface between art and history, the volume dwells on the significance of visual representations in specific regional historical contexts, the range of symbolic signification attached to these and the mythologies and textual prescriptions that contribute to the codification and use of representational forms. Supplemented with over 60 images, this volume is a must-read for scholars and
researchers of history and art.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury India
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9789388414319
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
History of Medieval Art
Index
History
Index
A
Abhayacandra, 216
abhayahasta, 237
Abhayankara Gupta, 192
AĢ„bhiĢ„ra, 21, 23ā€“29
AĢ„bhiĢ„raka, xxxviii, 20ā€“25, 27
Abhisaį¹bodhi Vairocana, 187
abhisĢ£eka, 142, 182, 250ā€“251, 256
aĢ„caĢ„rya, xxxii, 44ā€“45, 186ā€“187, 192, 221, 255, 257, 260
Acyuptā, 141ā€“142
Adichanallur, 154
AĢ„dipuraĢ„nĢ£a, 145
Ādimūrti, 178
Āgama/Āgamic, xxxi, 38, 89, 165, 280ā€“281
Agarwal, V.S., 296
Agrawala, P.K., 97
Ai Khanum, 8, 14, 27
Aihole, xxxiv, 35ā€“36, 39ā€“40, 50, 52ā€“53
Ajanta, 300ā€“301, 323
Akhaį¹‡įøaleśvara, 176
aksĢ£amaĢ„lā, 70, 119
aksĢ£asĢaĢ„la, xxxiv
akį¹£ayanÄ«vÄ«, 215
akį¹£obhya, 122ā€“123, 186
Alakį¹£mÄ«, 157
alaktaka, 251
alasā, 255
bandha, 247
kanyā, xl, 245, 247ā€“248, 251, 253
yantra, 265
Alagankulam, 154
AĢ„lĢ±vaĢ„r, 40, 69, 169
aĢ„malaka, 39
Ampar Purāį¹‡am, 165
Amitābha, 186
Amoghasiddhi, 186
aį¹ƒÅ›umālā, 291
Anaį¹…gabhimadeva, 175ā€“176, 193
Aį¹‡aį¹…ku, 154
Anantavarman Coįøagaį¹…ga, 196, 261
Andhra/AĢ„ndhra, xxxiii, 26, 41, 152, 163, 210, 212, 269
Andhras, 25
anĢ‡kusĢa, 98, 136, 138
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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Images, Tables and Figure
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Visual Representations as Historical Source in Ancient and Early Medieval India: An Introduction
  10. I. Visualising Power: Sacred and Temporal
  11. II. Conceptualising the Divine Feminine: Forms, Meanings and Symbols
  12. III. Religious Traditions, Visual Representations and Regional Contexts
  13. IV. Social Imaginaries and the Ocular
  14. V. Prescriptions and Representations
  15. About the Editor and Contributors
  16. Index