Art and History

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

• Editorial: Bloomsbury India
• Año: 2019
• ISBN:
  9789388414319
• Edición: 1
• Categoría: History
• Categoría: Indian & South Asian History

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.

Index

A

Abhayacandra, 216

abhayahasta, 237

Abhayankara Gupta, 192

Ābhīra, 21, 23–29

Ābhīraka, xxxviii, 20–25, 27

Abhisaṁbodhi Vairocana, 187

abhiṣeka, 142, 182, 250–251, 256

ācārya, xxxii, 44–45, 186–187, 192, 221, 255, 257, 260

Acyuptā, 141–142

Adichanallur, 154

Ādipurāṇa, 145

Ādimūrti, 178

Āgama/Āgamic, xxxi, 38, 89, 165, 280–281

Agarwal, V.S., 296

Agrawala, P.K., 97

Ai Khanum, 8, 14, 27

Aihole, xxxiv, 35–36, 39–40, 50, 52–53

Ajanta, 300–301, 323

Akhaṇḍaleśvara, 176

akṣamālā, 70, 119

akṣaśāla, xxxiv

akṣayanīvī, 215

akṣobhya, 122–123, 186

Alakṣmī, 157

alaktaka, 251

alasā, 255

bandha, 247

kanyā, xl, 245, 247–248, 251, 253

yantra, 265

Alagankulam, 154

Āḻvār, 40, 69, 169

āmalaka, 39

Ampar Purāṇam, 165

Amitābha, 186

Amoghasiddhi, 186

aṃśumālā, 291

Anaṅgabhimadeva, 175–176, 193

Aṇaṅku, 154

Anantavarman Coḍagaṅga, 196, 261

Andhra/Āndhra, xxxiii, 26, 41, 152, 163, 210, 212, 269

Andhras, 25

aṅkuśa, 98, 136, 138

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