Art and Devotion at a Buddhist Temple in the Indian Himalaya
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2015
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-01306-4 (ISBN)
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-01306-4 (ISBN)
Focuses on the sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India. This illustrated study traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use.
Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with inscriptional translation, ethnographic documentation, and theoretical inquiry to understand religious images in context.
Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with inscriptional translation, ethnographic documentation, and theoretical inquiry to understand religious images in context.
Melissa R. Kerin is Assistant Professor of Art History at Washington and Lee University.
List of Illustrations
Technical Notes
Introduction
1. Nako's Socio-Political History and Artistic Heritage
2. Forgetting to Remember: Gyapagpa Temple's Shifting Identity
3. Mapping Drigung Activity in Nako and the Western Himalaya
4. Gyapagpa's Painting Style and its Antecendents
5. Origin and Meaning of a Renascent Painting Tradition
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.7.2015 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Contemporary Indian Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | 90 b&w illus., 16 color illus. |
| Verlagsort | Bloomington, IN |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 708 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-253-01306-2 / 0253013062 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-253-01306-4 / 9780253013064 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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