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

Author/creator Dehejia, Vidya
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 238 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [224]-231) and index.
LCCN 2008028861
ISBN9780231140287 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0231140282 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780231512664 (e-book)
ISBN023151266X (e-book)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks NX 650.H74 D45 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold