Himalayan bronzes
Subtitle: technology, style, and choices
By: Chandra L. Reedy.
Publisher: University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Newark; London; Cranbury, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Bronzes, Medieval -- Himalaya Mountains Region; Bronzes, Hindu -- Himalaya Mountains Region; Bronzes, Buddhist -- Himalaya Mountains Region
Description: Himalayan Bronzes focuses on a complete study of 340 medieval-period copper alloy sculptures from the Himalayan regions of Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, and Tibet.

For more than 1,500 years, artists in isolated valleys in and adjacent to the mountains of the Himalayas have created magnificent copper-based statues representing deities and spiritual leaders of the Hindu, Buddhist and Bon-Po religions. Author Chandra L. Reedy's multidisciplinary approach to the study of these statues integrates methods and techniques from art history, art conservation, geology, chemistry, statistics, archaeology, and ethnography to answer art historical and anthropological questions.

Her guiding premise is that gathering and combining several types of information will result in more and better answers than any one type alone.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-329) and indexes.