The Body Adorned: Dissolving the Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane in Indias Art by Vidya Dehejia - 2009

Columbia University Press, 2009-02-26. Used - Like New. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.

New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. Cloth. Very good +/very good +. Quarto, 238 pages. Dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt accents; boards with bumping at edges. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor use and wear. Pages appear clean and unmarked. Dust jacket encased in a clear, protective cover. An attractive copy. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States.

New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 26 x 18.5 cm. Royal octavo. 238pp. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Sun toning to jacket spine and back cover. Illustrated, some color. End notes, bibliography, index.

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New York,, 2009. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Fine in near fine dust jacket.. Large 8vo. pp xii, 238. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 9780231140287

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… Read More

Columbia Univ Pr, 2008. Hardcover. New. 219 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.50 inches.