The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India  -  Vidya Dehejia

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"The Sensuous and the Sacred" focuses on the exquisite temple bronzes produced during the Chola period, a time of unparalleled creativity in the history of the Indian subcontinent. By the beginning of the tenth century, Hindu devotees began to visualize their deities as having public personas not unlike those of human monarchs. Worshipped as living entities, the deities participated in a variety of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual rituals and festivities; to fulfill these functions, portable images were r...
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Non-fictie > Kunst >> Beelden, keramiek, etnografische kunst

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Uitgever: Amer Federation of Arts 255 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1885444257 ISBN-13: 9781885444257