Iconographic Sources for the Sculptural Program at Elephanta
Title | Iconographic Sources for the Sculptural Program at Elephanta PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dillard Collins |
Publisher | |
Pages | 376 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Elephanta Island (India) |
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The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta
Title | The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta PDF eBook |
Author | Charles D. Collins |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 360 |
Release | 1988-11-10 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0791499537 |
The beautiful rock-cut Siva temple on Elephanta Island in Bombay Harbor is one of the finest monuments of Indian religion and art. Until now, interpretation of its magnificent sculptured scenes has been neglected. In this book, Collins systematically surveys the pertinent Vedic, Epic, and early Puranic literature as well as the contributions of India's foremost poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, to reveal sources for and interpretations of the subjects of the relief sculptures. This survey shows strong associations with areas formerly controlled by the classical Gupta dynasty in northern India. This book provides the first detailing of this link, intimated by others before, which helps to explain the grandeur of style found in the colossal reliefs. By applying certain aspects of ritual texts of the Lakulisa-Pasupata, the sect that probably used Elephanta originally, exceptional clarity is revealed for the worship of the sculptures in a counterclockwise sequence, quite unusual in India, but appropriate to this particular sect. Lakulisa-Pasupata texts are invoked in Collins' theory of how the cave-temple at Elephanta was used. This area of investigation has been virtually untouched by other scholars for any early Hindu shrine in India.
Reflections Upon the Sources and Iconography of the Elephant in the Sculptural Decorations of the Malatesta Temple at Rimini (A.D. 1447 - 1455).
Title | Reflections Upon the Sources and Iconography of the Elephant in the Sculptural Decorations of the Malatesta Temple at Rimini (A.D. 1447 - 1455). PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth S. Sasser |
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The Śāmalājī Sculptures and 6th Century Art in Western India
Title | The Śāmalājī Sculptures and 6th Century Art in Western India PDF eBook |
Author | Sara L Schastok |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 239 |
Release | 2023-08-14 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9004646515 |
The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta
Title | The Iconography and Ritual of Śiva at Elephanta PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Dillard Collins |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780887067730 |
The beautiful rock-cut Siva temple on Elephanta Island in Bombay Harbor is one of the finest monuments of Indian religion and art. Until now, interpretation of its magnificent sculptured scenes has been neglected. In this book, Collins systematically surveys the pertinent Vedic, Epic, and early Puranic literature as well as the contributions of India's foremost poet and dramatist, Kalidasa, to reveal sources for and interpretations of the subjects of the relief sculptures. This survey shows strong associations with areas formerly controlled by the classical Gupta dynasty in northern India. This book provides the first detailing of this link, intimated by others before, which helps to explain the grandeur of style found in the colossal reliefs. By applying certain aspects of ritual texts of the Lakulisa-Pasupata, the sect that probably used Elephanta originally, exceptional clarity is revealed for the worship of the sculptures in a counterclockwise sequence, quite unusual in India, but appropriate to this particular sect. Lakulisa-Pasupata texts are invoked in Collins' theory of how the cave-temple at Elephanta was used. This area of investigation has been virtually untouched by other scholars for any early Hindu shrine in India.
Reading Śiva
Title | Reading Śiva PDF eBook |
Author | Ellen Raven |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 669 |
Release | 2021-12-20 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9004473009 |
An extensive, illustrated bibliography for the Hindu god Śiva in the arts of South and Southeast Asia, offering detailed indices and easy access to resource repositories.
Sources in Iconography in the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University
Title | Sources in Iconography in the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art, McGill University PDF eBook |
Author | Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art |
Publisher | McGill Universities Libraries |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Art |
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