The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India

In stock

Free & Quick Delivery Worldwide

The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India is a significant addition to the literature on the exquisite temple bronzes produced during the Chola period, a time of unparalleled creativity in the history of the Indian subcontinent. This publication accompanies a major traveling exhibition of the same name, organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. For more than four hundred years, from the ninth to the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty was the dominant cultural, artistic, religious, and political force in South India. During the golden age of Chola rule, music and dance, poetry and drama, philosophy and religious thought, and the arts of sculpture, bronze-casting, jewelry-making, painting, and architecture reached new heights. The temple was the center of all activity, and the Cholas built and decorated some of the most impressive temples in South India. These were primarily Hindu, though Buddhist and Jai

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vidya Dehejia

Vidya Dehejia completed a brilliant academic career at Cambridge University, England, where she obtained her B.A., M.A., and Ph. D. degrees. She has since combined active research with teaching activities at the universities of Sydney, Hong Kong, and Delhi. Presently she teaches at Columbia University in New York. Over the years, she has published a wide range of books and scholarly articles. Vidya Dehejia's doctoral thesis was published in 1972 by Thames & Hudson, London and by Cornell University Press under the title Early Buddhist Rock Temples. A Homi Bhabha Fellowship resulted in a book entitled Early Stone Temples of Orissa. More recently, the National Museum in New Delhi has brought out her Yogini Cult and Temples: A Tantric Tradition. The range of her interests is indicated by her most recent, co-authored book with P. Pal from Merchants to Emperors: British Artists and India. 1 75 7-1930. In this present book on Tamil saints, Vidya Dehejia (nee Rama lyer) turns to elucidate a facet of the art of her own Tamil homeland.

reviews

0 in total

There are no reviews yet.

Bibliographic information

Title
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8188204102
Length
248p., Plates; Maps; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Subjects