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Across the South of Asia : a volume in honor of Professor Robert L. Brown
Title
Across the South of Asia : a volume in honor of Professor Robert L. Brown / edited by Robert DeCaroli, Paul A. Lavy ; foreword by Tushara Bindu Gude.
ISBN
9788124610053
8124610053
Publication
New Delhi : DK Printworld, 2020.
Physical Description
xxxii, 380 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm
Notes
Contributed articles.
Summary
This collection of essays invites readers to take a broad view of South Asian art and culture by providing a wide geographic and chronological scope. The articles are united only by their focus on art - historical and archaeological concerns and their concentration on South Asia - ranging from Afghanistan to the island kingdoms of Indonesia.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 12, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword. Tushara Bindu Gude
Preface
Works of Prof. Robert L. Brown
List of figures
Part 1. South Asia before 1400 CE
1. Heat and Hunger: The Emaciated Buddha and the Significance of Fasting / Robert DeCaroli
2. An Unrecognized Sculpture of the Haṃsa-jātaka from Nālandā Site No. 2 / Nicolas Morrissey
3. Śāntideva's Buddhism of the Pala Period : Poetics of Voice and Image / Mary Storm
4. The Iconographic Distribution of Ninth to Twelfth Century Buddhist Imagery from Bihar to Odisha / Kurt Behrendt
5. Rasa and Darśana in Indian Temple Sculpture / Debashish Banerji
Part 2. South Asia after 1400 CE
6. Relics, Icons, and Portraits in Hindu Institutions: An Examination of the Worship of the Teacher / Nalini Rao
7. A Little More Fakir and A Little Less Fanatic: Putting Aurangzeb's Deccani Architecture into a Sufi Context / Santhi Kavuri-Bauer
8. Kutch Silver: A Study of Stylistic Sources / Stephen Markel
9. Kāśirāj: The Presentation Album of the Mahārājā of Benares / Tushara Bindu Gude
10. Circuits of Exchange: Muraqqās and Illustrated Gift Books in teh Early Twentieth Century / Saleema Waraich
Part III: Southeast Asia
11. Early Vaiṣṇava Sculpture in Southeast Asia and the Question of Pallava Influence / Paul A. Lavy
12. Central Javanese Statues of Hindu Deities and Their Anthropomorphic Vehicles / Bokyung Kim
13. Making Merit by Making Buddhist Tablets: Inscribed Dedicatory Inscriptions on King Aniruddha's Clay Tablet / M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati
14. The Origins of the Emerald Buddha Icon (Phra Kaew Morokot) / Melody Rod-ari
15. Representing Heaven in Thai Painting / Rebecca S. Hall.
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