Many Heads, Arms and Eyes

Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-90-04-44830-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 436 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 290 mm, Gewicht: 1397 g

This is a multidisciplinary analysis to determine the meaning of multiple body parts in early Indian art. Investigation of Brahmanical texts and culture establish several meanings and indicate the interplay between religion and art, making possible an interpretation of Hindu icons.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Srinivasan, Doris Meth

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie spezieller Regionen und Zeitalter
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst

Über Autor(innen)

Doris Meth Srinivasan, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, is Research Professor at Mattoo Center for India Studies, State University of New York/ Stony Brook University. She has published extensively on the art of Mathura; Hindu iconography; Vedic studies, including Vedic and ancient Hindu rituals.

Her books include Listening to Icons; Indian Iconographic and Iconological Studies (2016), On the Cusp of an Era in the Pre-Kusana World (2007) and Concept of Cow in the Rigveda (second printing 2017; originally 1979).