The Body Adorned: Dissolving Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane in India's Art - Couverture rigide

Dehejia, Vidya

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0231140282 ISBN 13 : 9780231140287

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 2008

Synopsis

The Body Adorned 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. I... Full description

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Biographie de l'auteur :

This is a richly illustrated volume that focuses on the remarkably ornamented silverware produced by Indian craftsmen during the period of the British Raj. Silversmiths created elegant silver tea services, bowls, wine and water ewers, beer mugs, and goblets to adorn the sideboard or mantelpiece in a British Raj home, creating European forms fulfilling European requirements. These same silversmiths then adopted a unique manner of embellishing these objects with a variety of different motifs that reflect local taste and carry a recognizably local pattern. This book carries a set of five essays that explore different facets of the production and consumption of Indian silver for the Raj. It considers the silverware in terms of its clearly distinguishable regional styles, which is prefaced by two thematic sections, one on calling card cases and the other on tea services, which demonstrate its wide prevalence. The visual presentation of the silverware does justice to it dazzling quality. The book is published in conjunction with an exhibition that opens at the Miriam & Ira D Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, in September 2008.

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Indische Silberschmiede fertigten elegante Teeservices, Schalen, Krüge und Pokale für die Bedürfnisse der Engländer in ihrer Kolonie Indien. Von 1848 1947 unterstand Indien unmittelbar der englischen Krone ('Raj'-Periode). Die in dieser Zeit für den Geschmack der Europäer hergestellten Stücke verwenden zugleich in einer einzigartigen Verschmelzung eine Vielzahl regionaler indischer Muster und Motive. 130 der vom Design her interessantesten Beispiele werden in diesem Band mit 219 Farbfotos abgebildet und ausführlich beschrieben.

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• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0231140282
• ISBN 13: 9780231140287
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 219