Metaphors of the Indian arts and other essays
By: by Kapila Vatsyayan
Publisher: DK Printworld
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9788124608203
Subjects: Indic Arts; Indic Aesthetics; Ecology; Hinduism; Kunst; Ästhetik; Ökologie
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Kamalesh Datta Tripathi; title: Indian aesthetics; title: The discipline of art history : its multidimensional nature; title: Metaphors of the Indian arts; title: Goddesses and women in Indian myth and art; title: Early evidence of female figures, music and dance; title: The Indian arts : their ideational background and principles of form; title: The flying messenger; title: Ecology and Indian myth; title: Mountain, myth, monuments; title: Sanctuaries : the journey of immanence and transcendence; title: Entrances and gateways to the Indian pilgrimage.