ISBN10: 0231140282, ISBN13: 9780231140287, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition Large 8vo. pp xii, 238. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 9780231140287 Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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ISBN10: 0231140282, ISBN13: 9780231140287, [publisher: Columbia University Press, New York] Hardcover First Edition Large 8vo. pp xii, 238. Colour illustrated dust jacket. Original publisher's grey cloth with gilt lettering at spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. ISBN: 9780231140287 Fine in near fine dust jacket.
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New York: Columbia University Press, Date: 2009. Cloth. Very good +/very good +. Quarto, 238 pages. Dark green cloth-covered boards with gilt accents; boards with bumping at edges. Firm binding; no loose pages. Book and dust jacket with minor use and wear. Pages appear clean and unmarked. Dust jacket encased in a clear, protective cover. An attractive copy. This is a large or heavy book and may require additional shipping charges to mail outside of the United States. 2009. Columbia University Press ISBN 0231140282 9780231140287 [US]

Columbia Univ Press 2009 1st edition HARDCOVER Near Fine in Very Good jacket 238pp, tall large octavo hardcover in dj. boards clean and sharp, tight binding, interior clean. DJ covers lightly faded along spine, no tears, dj covers clean.

New York: Columbia University Press, Date: 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 26 x 18.5 cm. Royal octavo. 238pp. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Sun toning to jacket spine and back cover. Illustrated, some color. End notes, bibliography, index. 2009. Columbia University Press 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]

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New York Columbia University Press 2009 Hard cover New. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 219 p. Contains: Unspecified, Illustrations, black & white, Illustrations, color, Frontispiece.

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