The place of Krishna in Indian art has remained obscured for many years until a parallelism was made by J. Kennedy in the years 1913-17 in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, in which the similarity of Krishna and Christ was suggested. However, this book explodes that theory and expounds the myth of the legendary Krishna and establishes the origin and development of the most important god of the Hindu pantheon. Thus the iconography and stylistic development of Krishna explodes all the prevalent theories and categorically proves the importance of Krishna in Indian art. The subject of the book is explicitly the representation of Krishna in Indian sculpture and painting. However, such an art-historical study has necessitated a good deal of discussion of the legend itself for the sake of understanding the iconography.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.K. Bhattacharya
is Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering Department of Technical Teacher`s Training Institute, Chandigarh. He holds a B.E. degree from Jadavpur University, M.E. degree from Bengal Engineering College, Howrah, and a Ph.D. degree from BITS, Pilani. He had his practical training in the Electricity Board and a Transformer factory in the Netherlands. He was exposed to Curriculum Development and Technical Teacher Training in Huddersfield, England. Later, he went to England on a Commonwealth Education Fellowship to attend a six month's course on Educational Technology. He has authored textbooks on Electrical Machines and Electrical Engineering Drawing and co-authored Textbooks on Electrical Engineering Materials and Electrical Design Estimation and Costing. Professor Bhattacharya is Fellow in the Institution of Engineering (India) and the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India).
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