Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular India - Image 1

£52.77

Routledge Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular India

Name: Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular India
Brand: Routledge
Price: 52.77 GBP
Availability: InStock

Themes & Concepts

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£53 today · previous high £53 · all-time low £43

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey

↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next

↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range

↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 636 days • 636 data points (No recent data available)

Historical

Generating forecast...

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 636 days • 6 price levels

Days at Price

Current Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £50 (284 days, 44.7%)

Price range: £43 - £53

Price levels: 6 different prices over 636 days

Description

Analyzing the ways in which ideas of heroic discourse and the socio-religious and political needs of the period moulded iconography, this book explores the evolution of the iconography of the early mediaeval Hindu temples of the Indian peninsula, over the course of the sixth-twelfth centuries C.E. In order to study the socio-religious and political atmosphere in which the early mediaeval temple iconography grew and developed its specific forms, the author makes use of the inscriptions, archaeological and the literary materials ranging from the fourth centuries B.C.E. to the thirteenth century C.E., as these give an idea of the continuities and discontinuities in the ideas of heroic and political discourses which lie at the back of the visual art forms that they created. Of particular interest are the royal charters, issued in Sanskrit and Tamil, the religious narratives from the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas, iconographic canons that form a part of the religious texts known as the Agamas, written in Sanskrit, the court literature of the early mediaeval period and the early historical Sangam Tamil literature, apart from the archaeological material from the Indian peninsula. The author focuses particularly on exploring the ideas of power current in the society that created the narrative iconography of the period and the region studied. Review 'Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular India is well researched, thorough, written in an interesting and readable style, and makes a contribution to knowledge about Hindu art and architecture in relationship to kingship in southern India.' Susan L. Huntington, Ohio State University, USA 'This book will prove especially helpful for students of art history, South Indian history and iconography, as well as specialists of materiality/material culture. The first chapter will introduce those unfamiliar with Tamil traditions to the relevant deities, practices, and texts. But even the Tamil literary specialist will be amply engaged by the diversity of disciplinary perspectives presented here.' Journal of Hindu Studies '... scholars in a wide range of fields, and particularly religious studies and history, will benefit both from the book’s many illustrations and from the author’s efforts to parse out how various narrative elements from Saá¹…gam poetry, the PurÄÅ†as, and the Ä€gamas was reflected in the formalization, and indeed canonization, of new iconographic forms.' Religious Studies Review About the Author Archana Verma has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK and a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Simla. She researches and teaches on various aspects of South Asian Art History and Cultural Studies.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: Paperback
ASIN: 1138255882
Category: Books > Subjects > Arts & Photography > Themes & Concepts
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 November 2016
Listed Since: 07 October 2016

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular India

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

Price History & Forecast

Price Distribution

Price Analysis

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Temple Imagery from Early Mediaeval Peninsular India

The Goddess and the King in Indian Myth: Ring Composition, Royal Power and The Dharmic Double Helix (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)

Chakshudana or Opening the Eyes: Seeing South Asian Art Anew (Visual and Media Histories)

Vijayanagara Voices: Exploring South Indian History and Hindu Literature

Archaeology of Iran in the Historical Period (University of Tehran Science and Humanities Series)

Women and Society in Early Medieval India: Re-interpreting Epigraphs

The Two Headed Deer – Illustrations of the Ramayana in Orissa: 34 (California Studies in the History of Art)

The Making of Goddess Durga in Bengal: Art, Heritage and the Public

Routledge Everyday Objects: Medieval and Early Modern Culture

From Temple to Museum: Colonial Collections and Umā Maheśvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley (Archaeology and Religion in South Asia)

Pilgrimage to Srivaishnava 108 Divya Desams: Volume Five : Thondai Naadu Divya Desams

Everyday Objects: Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture and its Meanings

Routledge Medieval Images and English Literary Texts Book

Medieval Images, Icons, and Illustrated English Literary Texts: From the Ruthwell Cross to the Ellesmere Chaucer

Court and Courtship:: Indian Miniatures in the TAPI Collection

Perpetua's Passions: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis

The Sacred and the Cinema: Reconfiguring the 'Genuinely' Religious Film

Reinventing King Arthur: The Arthurian Legends in Victorian Culture (The Nineteenth Century Series)

The Colours of Earth a Study of Indian Folk Painting

Kalamukha Temples of Karnataka: Art and Cultural Legacy

Routledge Women and the Puranic Tradition in India - Book

Women and Writing, c.1340-c.1650: The Domestication of Print Culture (Manuscript Culture in the British Isles)

Feminine Journeys of the Mahabharata: Hindu Women in History, Text, and Practice

Visual Arts, Representations and Interventions in Contemporary China: Urbanized Interface: 8 (Asian Cities)