The Rama epic
Subtitle: hero, heroine, ally, foe
By: edited by Forrest McGill ; introduction, Pika Ghosh ; essays, Robert P. Goldman, Sally J. Sutherland Goldman, Philip Lutgendorf, Forrest McGill ; entries, Qamar Adamjee, Jeffrey Durham, Pika Ghosh, Forrest McGill, Natasha Reichle
Contributors: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Asian Art Museum
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9780939117765; 9780939117772
Subjects: Art; Exhibitions; South Asian Arts; Illustrations; Southeast Asian Arts; Themes, motives
Description: "Exhibition catalogue for The Rama Epic--recounting the struggle of Prince Rama to defeat a powerful demonic king, rescue his abducted wife and reestablish virtuous order in the world. The epic has been a prime subject for visual and performing arts, literature and religious thought in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia for many centuries. A huge number of artworks of all kinds relating to the Rama legends have been made over the course of 1500 years in a dozen countries. This book illustrates some of the most important episodes involving the four primary characters: the hero, Rama; the heroine, Rama's wife Sita; the ally, Rama's faithful monkey lieutenant Hanuman; and the foe, the ten-headed demon king Ravana. The catalogue tells the story in a new light using more than 130 artworks, ranging from paintings to puppets to decorative arts to contemporary works to ephemera, inviting readers to find echoes of their own experiences in the stories and dilemmas of each of the characters"--
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition, The Rama epic: hero, heroine, ally, foe, presented at the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, October 21, 2016 - January 15, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.