Author: C Sivaramamurti
Publisher: Publications Division
Year: 1994
Language: English
Pages: 412
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123000928
Description
This book on art paper with hundreds of color pictures, Monochromes and Line drawings highlights Nataraja as the presiding deity of fine arts whether it be music, dance, painting, sculpture or epigraphy.
Nataraja as a theme represents life force itself. The ancients visualized Nataraja as a manifestation of the cosmic energy symbolizing the three aspects of creation, preservation and destruction. The dance of Nataraja has always been synonymously viewed with truth and beauty, force and rhythm, movement and change, realization and dissolution. Nataraja has been visualized in a variety of forms by seers, poets and artists.
The Vedic roots of the cosmic dancer and the blend of tradition and modernity is woven as a thread throughout the book describing vividly the exploits of the great dancer on world stage. It also contains interesting information on famous spots of the Nataraja theme and the concept of Nataraja beyond Indian frontiers.
This book promises to be a definitive work on the subject and a monument to Indian scholarship.
Contents
CHAPTER 1
Nataraja – The Lord of Dance
CHAPTER 2
Natya
CHAPTER 3
The Significance of Siva’s Dance
CHAPTER 4
Karanas Presented in Siva’s Tandava
CHAPTER 5
Karanas Presented by Vishnu as Krishna
CHAPTER 6
Ganesa, Dikpalas and Matrikas Dance in Accompaniment
CHAPTER 7
The Vedic Roots of the Concept of the Great Dancer
CHAPTER 8
Nataraja Pictured in Literature
CHAPTER 9
Nataraja in Hymnal Literature
CHAPTER 10
Nataraja in Epigraphical Literature
CHAPTER 11
Varieties of Nataraja as Described in Silpa Texts
CHAPTER 12
Aesthetic Quality of the Concept
CHAPTER 13
Nataraja Form in Sculpture and Painting
CHAPTER 14
The Nataraja Concept Beyond Indian Frontiers
CHAPTER 15
Spots Specially associated with Nataraja and Their Importance
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX