Columbia University Press, Date: 2009-02-19. Hardcover. Good. 2009. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231140282 9780231140287 [US]

New York: Columbia University Press, Date: 2009, 2009. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 10x7x0. First Edition. 8vo. xii, 238 pp. b/w and color illustrations throughout. Slate cloth boards lettered in gilt at spine. Faint rubbing to board edges. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. In archival mylar sleeve. 2009. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009 ISBN 0231140282 9780231140287 [US]

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Hardback. New. The sensuous human form-elegant and eye-catching-is the dominant feature of premodern Indian art. From the powerful god Shiva, greatest of all yogis and most beautiful of all beings, to stone dancers twisting along temple walls, the body in Indian art is always richly adorned. Alankara (ornament) protects the body and makes it complete and attractive; to be unornamented is to invite misfortune. In The Body Adorned, Vidya Dehejia, who has dedicated her career to the study of Indian art, draws on the literature of court poets, the hymns of saints and acharyas, and verses from inscriptions to illuminate premodern India's unique treatment of the sculpted and painted form. She focuses on the coexistence of sacred and sensuous images within the common boundaries of Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu "sacred spaces," redefining terms like "sacred" and "secular" in relation to Indian architecture. She also considers the paradox of passionate poetry, in which saints praised the sheer bodily beauty of the divine form, and nonsacred Rajput painted manuscripts, which freely inserted gods into the earthly realm of the courts. By juxtaposing visual and literary sources, Dehejia demonstrates the harmony between the sacred and the profane in classical Indian culture. Her synthesis of art, literature, and cultural materials not only generates an all-inclusive picture of the period but also revolutionizes our understanding of ...

Columbia Univ Pr, Date: 2008. Hardcover. New. 219 pages. 10.00x7.00x0.50 inches. 2008. Columbia Univ Pr ISBN 0231140282 9780231140287 [GB]

ISBN10: 0231140282, ISBN13: 9780231140287, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover First Edition ISBN 9780231140287. Hardback. Book is in Near Fine condition, a tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. First Printing as signified by descending number line on the copyright page going down to the number 1. Dustjacket is in Very Good to Near Fine condition, with no creasing and no chipping, Tight bright attractive copy with no markings to the book. The dustjacket has been placed in a Brodart protective cover by us to protect it and it looks much better than described. . This does not affect the dustjacket in any way, as all taping is done on the outside of the protector. This book is The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art
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ISBN10: 0231140282, ISBN13: 9780231140287, [publisher: Columbia University Press] Hardcover Num Pages: 219 pages, 70 illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AFKB; AGH; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 902. . 2009. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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