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Visualizing devotion : Jain embroidered shrine hangings /

"Visualizing Devotion: Jain Embroidered Shrine Hangings exhibition presented by the Fowler Museum at UCLA (November 20, 2022-April 16, 2023) highlighted Jain devotional textiles (choḍs) from the Ronald and Maxine Linde Collection, fashioned in the western Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Puliady, Syona (Editor, Contributor), Vose, Steven M. (Contributor), Dhanani, Lynna (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Fowler Museum at UCLA, [2025]
Series:Fowler Museum textile series ; no. 17.
Subjects:
Linde, Ronald, > 1940- > Art collections > Exhibitions.
Linde, Maxine, > 1939- > Art collections > Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics, Indic > Exhibitions.
Embroidery > Exhibitions.
Jaina art > Exhibitions.
Shrines in art > Private collections > Exhibitions.
Art jaïna > Expositions.
Broderie > Expositions.
catalogs (documents)
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogs.
Catalogues.
Catalogues d'exposition.
Table of Contents:
  • Style guide
  • Introduction / Syona Puliady
  • A brief intorudction to Jainism, Jains, and choḍ paṭas / Steven M. Vose
  • Material approaches to visualizing devotion / Syona Puliady
  • From Chamak to Chamatkāra (from luster to wonder): seeing and experiencing Jain sacred wall hangings / Lynna Dhanani
  • Laywomen's piety, family patronage, community prestige: celebrating Jain women's asceticism through choḍ paṭas / Steven M. Vose
  • Glossary