The body adorned
Subtitle: sacred and profane in Indian art
By: Vidya Dehejia.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780231140287; 9780231512664
Subjects: Human figure in art; Body, Human, in literature; Beauty, Personal, in art; Beauty, Personal, in literature; Arts, Indic; Body, Human -- Symbolic aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: List of illustrations; title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: 1. The body as leitmotif; title: 2. The idealized body and ornament; title: 3. The sensuous within sacred boundaries; title: 4. To the divine through beauty; title: 5. Inserting the gods in the world of men : Rajput painted manuscripts; title: Afterword. The body revealed and concealed : issues of intention and perception; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.