UID:
almafu_9959230262602883
Format:
1 online resource (280 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-253-01309-7
Series Statement:
Contemporary Indian Studies
Content:
Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with ins
Note:
Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of Pennsylvania, 2008).
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Nako's sociopolitical history and artistic heritage -- Forgetting to remember: Gyapagpa Temple's shifting identity -- Mapping Drigung activity at Nako and in the western Himalaya -- Gyapagpa's temple painting style and its antecedents -- Origin and meaning of a revival painting tradition.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-253-01306-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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