Gods, Guardians, and Lovers - Temple Sculptures from North India A D 700-1200 by Vishakha N Desai


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ProductID: 8333 - Hardcover - 288 Pages (Year: 1993)
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This profusely illustrated book in large format on art paper brings together north Indian sculptures from public and private collections in the United States, India, England and Europe.

The early medieval age in north India (AD 700-1200), often viewed as the period of decline of the earlier classical tradition, was, in fact, marked by an efflorescence of literary, cultural, and artistic achievement. The building of magnificent temples, replete with elaborate sculptural programs symbolizing complex cosmological concepts, was one of the most significant accomplishments of this period of Indian history.

For the first time, loose sculptures from north Indian medieval temples are examined within their architectural, religious, philosophical, and historical context. This approach is intended to serve as a basis for more comprehensive study of a subject that previously has received scant scholarly attention. This publication accompanies a seminal exhibition at The Asia Society Galleries, New York, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, which brings together north Indian sculptures from public and private collections in the United States, India, England, and Europe.

Table of Contents

Funding Acknowledgments
Lenders to the Exhibition
Preface
Acknowledgements
Map

BEYOND THE TEMPLE WALLS
The scholarly Fate of North Indian Sculpture AD 700-1200
By Vishakha N Desai

HISTRIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND RELIGIOUS CENTERS
Early Medieval North India, circa AD 700-1200
BY B D Chattopadhyaya

RELIGIOUS AND ROYAL PATRONAGE IN NORTH INDIA
BY Michael D Willis

HALAYUDHA PRISM
The Experience of Religion in Medieval Hymns and Stories
BY Phyllis Granoff

FRAGMENTS FROM A DIVINE COSMOLOGY
Unfolding Forms on India's Temple Walls
BY Michael W Meister

A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE
Style and Architectural Disposition of Images on the North Indian Temple
BY Darielle Mason

CATALOGUE
Darielle

Appendix
Glossaries
Bibliography
Photograph and Illustration Credits

About the Author

VISHAKHA N DESAI is the director of The Asia Society Galleries, New York. Prior to assuming her current position in 1999, Dr Desai was at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston where she served as the assistant curator of the Indian, Southeast Asian, and Islamic collections; Coordinator of Academic Programs and acting head of the Education Department, She has taught at Boston University and the University of Massachusetts. As a teacher, scholar and student of Asian Art, Dr Desai has received numerous awards in India and the United States.

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