Shop No.20, Aurobindo Palace Market, Hauz Khas, Near Church +91 9818282497 | 011 26867121 110016 New Delhi IN
Midland The Book Shop ™
Shop No.20, Aurobindo Palace Market, Hauz Khas, Near Church +91 9818282497 | 011 26867121 New Delhi, IN
+919871604786 https://www.midlandbookshop.com/s/607fe93d7eafcac1f2c73ea4/6468e33c3c35585403eee048/without-tag-line-480x480.png" [email protected]
9789385606397 6332e4eda74c815a492e7480 The Long Arc Of South Asian Art Essays In Honour Of Vidya Dehejia H https://www.midlandbookshop.com/s/607fe93d7eafcac1f2c73ea4/6332e4efa74c815a492e74e0/51d1gbtqfll-_sx337_bo1-204-203-200_.jpg
The long arc of art historical enquiry in the Indian subcontinent spans several centuries, and virtually all the arts, from temple architecture and sculpture to the striking of coins. The 22 essays in this volume, a tribute to the pioneering work of Vidya Dehejia, cover ancient Buddhist architecture, temple design and construction, Rajput and Mughal paintings and manuscripts, colonial-era photography, ornament, and museology. Each author traverses or furthers a field that Dehejia herself may have opened up for examination, moving beyond contemporary conceptual questions in art history and offering fascinating insights into, for example, Indo-Roman trade and the Dakshinapatha, or the Indic carvings of Quanzhou; the transformation of the body through ritual discipline, or physical attribution; colonial representations of the “native subject” and what they reveal about the colonising project. The volume’s eclecticism extends to questions of materiality and agency; the politics and aesthetics of archaeological restoration; and the forming of divinity by human makers. The contributors, thus, not only refer to Dehejia’s vast art historical canvas, they situate their rich archival research and fieldwork such as to contribute to the very framing of conceptual issues that she raised; enriching current scholarship in the field.
 
 
 
9789385606397
out of stock INR 940
1 1
The Long Arc Of South Asian Art Essays In Honour Of Vidya Dehejia H

The Long Arc Of South Asian Art Essays In Honour Of Vidya Dehejia H

ISBN: 9789385606397
₹940
₹1,175   (20% OFF)

Back In Stock Shortly

Details
  • ISBN: 9789385606397
  • Author: Annapurna Garimella
  • Publisher: Women Unlimited
  • Pages: 344
  • Format: Hardback
SHARE PRODUCT

Book Description

The long arc of art historical enquiry in the Indian subcontinent spans several centuries, and virtually all the arts, from temple architecture and sculpture to the striking of coins. The 22 essays in this volume, a tribute to the pioneering work of Vidya Dehejia, cover ancient Buddhist architecture, temple design and construction, Rajput and Mughal paintings and manuscripts, colonial-era photography, ornament, and museology. Each author traverses or furthers a field that Dehejia herself may have opened up for examination, moving beyond contemporary conceptual questions in art history and offering fascinating insights into, for example, Indo-Roman trade and the Dakshinapatha, or the Indic carvings of Quanzhou; the transformation of the body through ritual discipline, or physical attribution; colonial representations of the “native subject” and what they reveal about the colonising project. The volume’s eclecticism extends to questions of materiality and agency; the politics and aesthetics of archaeological restoration; and the forming of divinity by human makers. The contributors, thus, not only refer to Dehejia’s vast art historical canvas, they situate their rich archival research and fieldwork such as to contribute to the very framing of conceptual issues that she raised; enriching current scholarship in the field.
 
 
 

User reviews

  0/5