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Many Heads, Arms, and Eyes

Author : Doris Srinivasan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004107588
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (75 download)

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Download or read book Many Heads, Arms, and Eyes written by Doris Srinivasan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first things that strike the Western viewer of Indian art is the multiplicity of heads, arms and eyes. This convention grows out of imagery conceived by Vedic sages to explain creation. This book for the first time investigates into the meaning of this convention. The author concentrates on its origins in Hindu art and on preceding textual references to the phenomenon of multiplicity.The first part establishes a general definition for the convention. Examination of all Brahmanical literature up to, and sometimes beyond, the 1st - 3rd century A.D., adds more information to this basic definition.The second part applies this literary information mainly to icons of the Yaksa, iva, V sudeva-Kr sn a and the Goddess, and indicates how Brahmanical cultural norms, exemplified in Mathur , can transmit textual symbols.Both Part I and Part II provide iconic modules and a methodology to generate interpretations for icons with this remarkable feature through the Gupta age.

Many Heads, Arms and Eyes

Author : Doris Meth Srinivasan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004644970
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Many Heads, Arms and Eyes written by Doris Meth Srinivasan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997-09-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first things that strike the Western viewer of Indian art is the multiplicity of heads, arms and eyes. This convention grows out of imagery conceived by Vedic sages to explain creation. This book for the first time investigates into the meaning of this convention. The author concentrates on its origins in Hindu art and on preceding textual references to the phenomenon of multiplicity. The first part establishes a general definition for the convention. Examination of all Brahmanical literature up to, and sometimes beyond, the 1st - 3rd century A.D., adds more information to this basic definition. The second part applies this literary information mainly to icons of the Yaksa, Śiva, Vāsudeva-Kṛsṇa and the Goddess, and indicates how Brahmanical cultural norms, exemplified in Mathurā, can transmit textual symbols. Both Part I and Part II provide iconic modules and a methodology to generate interpretations for icons with this remarkable feature through the Gupta age.

Performing the Ramayana Tradition

Author : Paula Richman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197552501
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book Performing the Ramayana Tradition written by Paula Richman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Performing the Ramayana Tradition: Enactments, Interpretations, and Arguments, edited by Ramayana scholar Paula Richman and Rustom Bharucha, scholar of Theater and Performance Studies, examines diverse retellings of the Ramayana narrative as interpreted and embodied through a spectrum of performances. Unlike previous publications, this book is neither a monograph on a single performance tradition nor a general overview of Indian theatre. Instead, it provides context-specific analyses of selected case studies that explore contemporary enactments of performance traditions and the narratives from which they draw: Kutiyattam, Nangyarkuttu and Kathakali from Kerala; Kattaikkuttu and a "mythological" drama from Tamilnadu; Talamaddale from Karnataka; avant-garde performances from Puducherry and New Delhi; a modern dance-drama from West Bengal; the monastic tradition of Sattriya from Assam; anti-caste plays from North India; and the Ramnagar Ramlila. Apart from the editors' two introductions, which orient readers to the history of Ramayana narratives by Tulsidas, Valmiki, Kamban, Sankaradeva, and others, as well as the performance vocabulary of their enactments, the volume includes many voices, including those of directors, performers, scholars, connoisseurs, and the scholar-abbot of a monastery. It also contains two full scripts of plays, photographs of productions, interviews, conversations, and a glossary of Indian terms. Each essay in the volume, written by an expert in the field, is linked to several others, clustered around shared themes: the politics of caste and gender, the representation of the anti-hero, contemporary re-interpretations of traditional narratives, and the presence of Ramayana discourse in everyday life"--

History of Mediaeval Art

Author : Franz von Reber
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book History of Mediaeval Art written by Franz von Reber and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Breath, Eyes, Memory

Author : Edwidge Danticat
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616955023
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Breath, Eyes, Memory written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, now an established classic--revised and with a new introduction by the author, and including extensive bonus materials At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.

Kuan-yin

Author : Chün-fang Yü
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231502753
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Kuan-yin written by Chün-fang Yü and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-22 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By far one of the most important objects of worship in the Buddhist traditions, the bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is regarded as the embodiment of compassion. He has been widely revered throughout the Buddhist countries of Asia since the early centuries of the Common Era. While he was closely identified with the royalty in South and Southeast Asia, and the Tibetans continue to this day to view the Dalai Lamas as his incarnations, in China he became a she—Kuan-yin, the "Goddess of Mercy"—and has a very different history. The causes and processes of this metamorphosis have perplexed Buddhist scholars for centuries. In this groundbreaking, comprehensive study, Chün-fang Yü discusses this dramatic transformation of the (male) Indian bodhisattva Avalokitesvara into the (female) Chinese Kuan-yin—from a relatively minor figure in the Buddha's retinue to a universal savior and one of the most popular deities in Chinese religion. Focusing on the various media through which the feminine Kuan-yin became constructed and domesticated in China, Yü thoroughly examines Buddhist scriptures, miracle stories, pilgrimages, popular literature, and monastic and local gazetteers—as well as the changing iconography reflected in Kuan-yin's images and artistic representations—to determine the role this material played in this amazing transformation. The book eloquently depicts the domestication of Kuan-yin as a case study of the indigenization of Buddhism in China and illuminates the ways this beloved deity has affected the lives of all Chinese people down the ages.

How Not to Teach

Author : William Milford Giffin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Not to Teach written by William Milford Giffin and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Journal of the American Oriental Society

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Journal of the American Oriental Society written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: List of members in each volume.

... Numbers Illustrated and Applied in Language, Drawing, and Reading Lessons

Author : Andrew Jackson Rickoff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ... Numbers Illustrated and Applied in Language, Drawing, and Reading Lessons written by Andrew Jackson Rickoff and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Through Violet Eyes

Author : Stephen Woodworth
Publisher : Dell
ISBN 13 : 0553898809
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (538 download)

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Download or read book Through Violet Eyes written by Stephen Woodworth and published by Dell. This book was released on 2004-08-31 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fast, smart novel, brighter than a meteor and twice as scary. Stephen Woodworth provides shocks and thoughts in equal measure, and climbs right to the top!”—Greg Bear In a world where the dead can testify against the living, someone is getting away with murder. Because to every generation are born a select few souls with violet-colored eyes, and the ability to channel the dead. Both rare and precious—and rigidly controlled by a society that craves their services—these Violets perform a number of different duties. The most fortunate increase the world's cultural heritage by channeling the still-creative spirits of famous dead artists and musicians. The least fortunate aid the police and the law courts, catching criminals by interviewing the deceased victims of violent crime. But now the Violets themselves have become the target of a brutal serial murderer—a murderer who had learned how to mask his or her identity even from the victims. Can the FBI, aided by a Violet so scared of death that she is afraid to live, uncover the criminal in time? Or must more of her race be dispatched to the realm that has haunted them all since childhood? Praise for Through Violet Eyes “Chilling . . . shades of Minority Report and The Eyes of Laura Mars . . . tantalizing puzzle rife with red herrings, one made all the more entertaining by brisk pacing and strong internal logic.”—Publishers Weekly a“Wow . . . one cool idea and Stephen Woodworth makes it work like fine oiled machinery. Full of energy and suspense, Through Violet Eyes is a great and original first novel. I look forward to his next.”—Joe R. Lansdale “An eerie and compelling page-turner that maps the terra incognita between the living and the dead, loss and redemption, desire and grief, at the same time exploring what it means to be human in a frightening otherworld that too closely evokes our own reality.”—Elizabeth Hand

On the Cusp of an Era

Author : Doris Srinivasan
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book On the Cusp of an Era written by Doris Srinivasan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: South Asian religious art became codified during the Kusana Period. This book's premise is that Kusana Art achieves greater clarity through analyses of the arts and cultures of the Pre Kusana World, those lands becoming the Empire.

Archives of Asian Art

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Archives of Asian Art written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cumulative Book Index

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2348 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 2348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world list of books in the English language.

American Book Publishing Record

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Abia South and Southeast Asian Art

Author : Karel R. Van Kooij
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 834 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Abia South and Southeast Asian Art written by Karel R. Van Kooij and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1998-01-12 with total page 834 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index

Author : Ellen M. Raven
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789004128699
Total Pages : 728 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index written by Ellen M. Raven and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplies annotated and indexed entries on publications in Asian and European languages relating to prehistory, historical archaeology, art history (including modern art), material culture, epigraphy, paleography, numismatics and sigillography.

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Author : Granville Stanley Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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