Flames of devotion: oil lamps from South and Southeast Asia and the Himalayas
By: Sean Anderson.
Contributors: University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History.
Publisher: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History; Brand: University of California Los Angeles, Fowler; Fowler Museum at UCLA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 111
ISBN-13: 9780974872933
Subjects: Pal, Pratapaditya -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.; Pal, Chitralekha -- Art collections -- Exhibitions.; University of California, Los Angeles. Fowler Museum of Cultural History -- Exhibitions.; Lamps -- South Asia -- Exhibitions.; Art metal-work -- South Asia -- Exhibitions.; Lamps -- Private collections -- California -- Los Angeles -- Exhibitions.; Lamps -- California -- Los Angeles -- Exhibitions.; South Asia -- Religious life and customs -- Exhibitions.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: "This volume, to accompany the exhibition at the UCLA Fowler Museum in the fall of 2006, contains 76 photos of oil lamps and incense burners from South and Southeast Asia donated by Chitralekha and Pratapaditya Pal, who wrote the foreword. Anderson, who cataloged the collection, provides an historical essay that also discusses the lamps' style, motifs, and use in festivals, along with color photos. There is no index" (booknews.com).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Collector's remarks; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Note on orthography; title: Flames of devotion; title: Catalog; title: List of Sanskrit terms with diacritical marks.