Gods, Guardians, and Lovers - Temple Sculptures from North India  A D 700-1200

Gods, Guardians, and Lovers - Temple Sculptures from North India A D 700-1200

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Author: Vishakha N Desai
Editor: Vishkha N Desai & Darielle Mason
Publisher: Mapin
Year: 1993
Language: English
Pages: 288
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185822107

Description

This profusely illustrated book in large format on art paper brings together north Indian sculptures from public and private collections in the United States, India, England and Europe.



The early medieval age in north India (AD 700-1200), often viewed as the period of decline of the earlier classical tradition, was, in fact, marked by an efflorescence of literary, cultural, and artistic achievement. The building of magnificent temples, replete with elaborate sculptural programs symbolizing complex cosmological concepts, was one of the most significant accomplishments of this period of Indian history.



For the first time, loose sculptures from north Indian medieval temples are examined within their architectural, religious, philosophical, and historical context. This approach is intended to serve as a basis for more comprehensive study of a subject that previously has received scant scholarly attention. This publication accompanies a seminal exhibition at The Asia Society Galleries, New York, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, which brings together north Indian sculptures from public and private collections in the United States, India, England, and Europe.

Contents

Funding Acknowledgments

Lenders to the Exhibition

Preface

Acknowledgements

Map



BEYOND THE TEMPLE WALLS

The scholarly Fate of North Indian Sculpture AD 700-1200

By Vishakha N Desai



HISTRIOGRAPHY, HISTORY, AND RELIGIOUS CENTERS

Early Medieval North India, circa AD 700-1200

BY B D Chattopadhyaya



RELIGIOUS AND ROYAL PATRONAGE IN NORTH INDIA

BY Michael D Willis



HALAYUDHA PRISM

The Experience of Religion in Medieval Hymns and Stories

BY Phyllis Granoff



FRAGMENTS FROM A DIVINE COSMOLOGY

Unfolding Forms on India's Temple Walls

BY Michael W Meister



A SENSE OF TIME AND PLACE

Style and Architectural Disposition of Images on the North Indian Temple

BY Darielle Mason



CATALOGUE

Darielle



Appendix

Glossaries

Bibliography

Photograph and Illustration Credits