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The body adorned : dissolving boundaries between sacred and profane in India's art /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dehejia, Vidya
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Human figure in art.
Human body in literature.
Beauty, Personal, in art.
Beauty, Personal, in literature.
Arts, Indic.
Human body > Symbolic aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface and acknowledgments
  • The body as leitmotif
  • The idealized body and ornament
  • The sensuous within sacred boundaries
  • To the divine through beauty
  • Inserting the gods in the world of men : Rajput painted manuscripts
  • Afterword: The body revealed and concealed : issues of intention and perception
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.