Carving Devotion in the Jain Caves at Ellora

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-20629-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 41, 294 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 627 g

Reihe: Brill's Indological Library

Drawing on art historical, epigraphical, and textual evidence, this book is the first full-scale reconstruction of medieval Jain artistic and devotional practices at the rock-cut site of Ellora in Maharashtra, India. Created during the ninth and tenth centuries, Ellora's Jain caves are among the best-preserved examples of medieval Jain art in India. While this book briefly addresses traditional art historical issues of date and iconography, it primarily considers the articulation of sacred space within the caves and the role of imagery in shaping devotional practices. Building upon scholarship that examines Jainism within its larger South Asian context, this book also explores connections between the Jain monuments and their Hindu and Buddhist counterparts to reveal a lived religious world at Ellora.

Zielgruppe

This book will interest scholars and advanced students of South Asian art history, archaeology, medieval history, and religion. Scholars of Jainism will particularly find the book valuable.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Owen, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Völkerwanderung und Mittelalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstformen, Kunsthandwerk Andere Graphische Kunstformen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst

Über Autor(innen)

Owen, Lisa
Lisa N. Owen, Ph.D. (2006) in Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas. Her publications on India's rock-cut monuments examine how constructed space and imagery shape devotional practices.