Main entry:

Guy, John, 1949-

Title & Author:

Indian temple sculpture / John Guy.

Publication:

London : V & A, 2007.

Description:

192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map, portrait ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-183) and index.
Religious sculpture of the Indian subcontinent. Sacred word, sacred image ; The image house ; Icons of devotion ; Myths made manifest -- The rules of design : the Śāstric tradition. Sculpture and the śāstras ; Reflected image : efficacy in Indian temple sculpture ; Raising up the image ; Measuring man ; The maker ; Opening the eyes : the consecration rituals -- The temple setting. The temple as body ; Form ; Function -- Devotion and temple worship. Temple worship ; Devotion and darśana -- seeing God ; Temple pūjās and festivals -- Iconography and emotion. Expressing emotion and aesthetic delight : rasa in Indian sculpture ; Reading the signs -- Manifestations and appearances. Śiva liṅga ; Śiva's manifestations ; Vāsudeva/Viṣṅu ; Dasavatāras ; The goddess ; Nature personified -- Glossary.

Summary:

"This innovative book is themed around Indian temple arts as instruments of worship - devotional sculptures which embody, through the combined authority of the aesthetic and the symbolic, powerful religious experiences. It examines Indian religious sculpture in the temple context - its cosmological meaning, its function within the architectural schema and its dynamic interactive role in worship. Accessible and multidisciplinary in its approach, Indian Temple Sculpture reveals the vivid traditions still in practice today, and opens up a world of understanding about Indian devotional art."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9781851775095 (hbk.)
1851775099 (hbk.)

Subject:

Temples India.
Buddhist temples India.
Hindu temples India.
Jaina temples India.
Jaina sculpture India.
Hindu sculpture India.
Buddhist sculpture India.
Temples bouddhiques Inde.
Temples hindous Inde.
Temples jaïna Inde.
Sculpture jaïna Inde.
Sculpture hindoue Inde.
Sculpture bouddhique Inde.
21.59 sculpture: other.
Buddhist sculpture.
Buddhist temples.
Hindu sculpture.
Hindu temples.
Jaina sculpture.
Jaina temples.
Temples.
Plastic arts.
Reliefs.
India.

Form/genre:

Vāstu Shastra publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 253211
Call No.: NA6001 .G89 2007
Status: Available