An edition of The Body Adorned: sacred and profane in Indian art (2009)

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An edition of The Body Adorned: sacred and profane in Indian art (2009)

The body adorned

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Columbia University Press
Language
English
Pages
238

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Subjects

Indic Arts, Human figure in art, Beauty, Personal, in literature, Symbolic aspects of the Human body, Human body in literature, Symbolic aspects, Symbolic aspects of Human body, Human Body, Body, Human, in literature, Beauty, Personal, in art, Körper <Motiv>, Skönhetsideal i litteraturen, Människokroppen i litteraturen, Körper, Människokroppen i konsten, Skönhetsideal i konsten, Kunst, Indisk konst, 20.41 Asian art: general, Painting, indic, Beauty, personal, Art, indic, Silverwork, Exhibitions, History, Colonial Silverwork, Decorative arts, Foreign influences, Silverware

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The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art
February 23, 2009, Columbia University Press
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The body adorned: sacred and profane in Indian art
2009, Columbia University Press
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Preface and acknowledgments
1. The body as leitmotif
2. The idealized body and ornament
3. The sensuous within sacred boundaries
4. To the divine through beauty
5. Inserting the gods in the world of men : Rajput painted manuscripts
Afterword. The body revealed and concealed : issues of intention and perception
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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704.9/420954
Library of Congress
NX650.H74 D45 2009, NX650.H74D45 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
238

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OL16945895M
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9780231140287, 9780231512664
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2008028861
OCLC/WorldCat
226360260
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8196856
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