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The Body Adorned: Dissolving Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane in India's Art Hardcover - 2009
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- Title The Body Adorned: Dissolving Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane in India's Art
- Author Vidya Dehejia
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Hardback
- Pages 219
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Columbia University Press, New York
- Date 2009-02-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780231140287 / 0231140282
- Weight 2 lbs (0.91 kg)
- Dimensions 10.2 x 7.2 x 0.8 in (25.91 x 18.29 x 2.03 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Library of Congress subjects Body, Human, in literature, Human figure in art
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2008028861
- Dewey Decimal Code 704.942
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Citations
- Choice, 10/01/2009, Page 0
- Chronicle of Higher Education, 03/20/2009, Page 17
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Hardback. New. The sensuous human form-elegant and eye-catching-is the dominant feature of premodern Indian art. From the powerful god Shiva, greatest of all yogis and most beautiful of all beings, to stone dancers twisting along temple walls, the body in Indian art is always richly adorned. Alankara (ornament) protects the body and makes it complete and attractive; to be unornamented is to invite misfortune. In The Body Adorned, Vidya Dehejia, who has dedicated her career to the study of Indian art, draws on the literature of court poets, the hymns of saints and acharyas, and verses from inscriptions to illuminate premodern India's unique treatment of the sculpted and painted form. She focuses on the coexistence of sacred and sensuous images within the common boundaries of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu "sacred spaces," redefining terms like "sacred" and "secular" in relation to Indian architecture. She also considers the paradox of passionate…
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