The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Thames and Hudson, 1994. 279 pages, illustrations (some colour); 30 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 6, 1994 to January 22, 1995; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tex.; March 5 to May 28, 1995; New Orleans Museum of Art, July 15 to September 17, 1995; Victoria and Albert Museum, November 2, 1995 to January 21, 1996. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Jainism originates in India where it has been practised since the 6th century BC. The Jains have produced a diverse range of art that has been little known in the West. This volume is illustrated with examples from all ages, offering a comprehensive introduction to the art of the Jains and an insight into the practices, principles and beliefs of the religion. Pratapaditya Pal describes the different forms of art produced in each period: temples and shrines, wood, stone and bronze, illuminated manuscripts, monumental cloth paintings, architectural reliefs and votive tablets. The volume also includes an examination of Jain ritual and philosophical thought, an entertaining account of Jain pilgrimages and overviews of Jain cosmological painting and manuscript illustration." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Preface, by Pratapaditya Pal; Note to reader and map of India; Introduction, by Pratapaditya Pal; Following the Jina, worshiping the Jina: an essay on Jain rituals, by John E. Cort; Are Jains really Hindus? Some parallels and differences between Jain and Hindu philosophies, by Gerald James Larson; Jain pilgrimage: in memory and celebration of the Jinas, by Phyllis Granoff; Jain monumental painting, by Shridar Andhare; Jain manuscript painting, by John Guy; Catalogue of the exhibition. Architectural pieces; Ritual objects and symbols; Images of Jinas; Images of deities; The art of the book; The cosmic and mortal realms.. 1st.. Paperback. Fine. 4to.