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New York: Brill, 1997. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 11 1/2" X 8 3/4". x, 355pp. +plates. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in blue cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is a multidisciplinary analysis to determine the meaning of multiple body parts in early Indian art. Investigation of Brahmanical texts and culture establish several meanings and indicate the interplay between religion and art, making possible an interpretation of Hindu icons.(Publisher).
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Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art Hardcover - 1997
by Doris Srinivasan
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- Title Many Heads, Arms and Eyes: Origin, Meaning and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art
- Author Doris Srinivasan
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 436
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 1997-08
- Features Dust Cover
- ISBN 9789004107588 / 9004107584
- Weight 3.5 lbs (1.59 kg)
- Dimensions 11.5 x 8.6 x 1.2 in (29.21 x 21.84 x 3.05 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97011187
- Dewey Decimal Code 700.954
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Brill Academic Publishers. New. 1997. Hardcover. 9004107584 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 355 pages. Description: "One of the first things that strike the Western viewer of Indian art is the multiplicity of heads, arms and eyes. This convention gows out of imagery conceived by Vedic sages to explain creation. This volume investigates the meaning of this convention. The author concentrates on its origins in Hindu art and on preceeding textual references to the phenomenon of multiplicity. The first part of the book establishes a general definition for the convention, while the second part applies this literary information mainly to icons of Yaksa, Siva, Vasudeva-Krsna and the goddess, and indicates how Brahmanical cultural norms can transmit textual symbols. Both part one and two provide an iconic modules and a methodology to generate…
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