The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Form

Michell, George

ISBN 10: 0236400886 / ISBN 13: 9780236400881

Edité par Paul Elek Services, 1977

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Light wear to boards. Content is clean and bright. Light toning to page ends. Good DJ with some edge wear and creasing.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Hindu Temple: An Introduction to Its Meaning and Form
• Éditeur: Paul Elek Services
• Date de parution: 1977
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0236400886
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780236400881
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: Good

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Présentation de l'éditeur

For more than 1500 years, from the Indian subcontinent to the islands of the Indonesian archipelago, the temple has embodied and symbolized the Hindu worldview at its deepest level and inspired the greatest architectural and artistic achievements in Hindu Asia. In The Hindu Temple, considered the standard introduction to the subject, George Michell explains the cultural, religious, and architectural significance of the temple. He illustrates his points with a profusion of photographs, building plans, and drawings of architectural details, making the book a useful guide for travelers to Asia as well as an illuminating text for students of architecture, religion, and Asian civilizations. Michell's discussion of the meaning and forms of the temple in Hindu society encompasses the awe-inspiring rock-cut temples at Ellora and Elephanta, the soaring superstructures and extraordinary sexual exhibitionism of the sculptures at Khajuraho, and the colossal mortuary temple of Angkor Vat, as well as the tiny iconic shrines that many Hindus wear around their necks and the simple shrines found under trees or near ponds.