The thief who stole my heart : the material life of sacred bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280 /
From the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, these bronze sculptures--including Shiva, referred to in a sa...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2021]
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| Series: | A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ;
65. Bollingen series ; 35:65. |
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Table of Contents:
- Gods on parade : sacred forms of copper
- Battling for empire and Shiva as Victor of Three Forts : 855-955
- Writ in stone : temple walls as inscribed archives
- Portrait of a queen and her patronage of dancing Shiva : 941-1002
- The Tiruvenkadu Master and ten thousand pearls adorn a bronze : eleventh century
- Chola obsession with Sri Lanka and Hindu bronzes from the island : eleventh century
- The Silk Route of the ocean and temple art in the days of Rajaraja II : twelfth century
- Evolving manifestations of the goddess, the god Vishnu, and the Buddha
- Worship in uncertain times and the secret burial of bronzes : thirteenth century
- Reviewing the Chola achievement a millennium later
- Appendix A : Main rules of the Chola dynasty
- Appendix B : Assemblages of sacred bronzes : inscriptional evidence
- Appendix C : Tenth-century Chola Yoginis in context
- Appendix D : Trace metal analysis on five Chola bronzes / by Matthew L. Clarke, Nicole C. Little, and Donna K. Strahan.