Indian Art

Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7148-3496-2
Verlag: Phaidon Press Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 450 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 679 g

Reihe: Phaidon

The Indian subcontinent offers an extraordinary visual feast. Considering Indian art within a chronological framework, Vidya Dehejia analyses the great cities of the Indus civilization, the serene Buddha image, the intriguing art of cave sites, the sophisticated temple-building traditions, the luxurious art of the Mughal court, the palaces and pavilions of Rajasthan, the churches of Portuguese Goa, the various forms of art in the British Raj and the issues related to taking Indian art into the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dehejia, Vidya

Über Autor(innen)

Vidya Dehejia is Associate Director and Chief Curator at the Arthur M Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Her publications include Discourse in Early Buddhist Art , Visual Narratives of India and Slaves of the Lord: The Path of the Tamil Saints .