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Art and Devotion at a Buddhist Temple in the Indian Himalaya

By Melissa R. Kerin

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0253013062, 9780253013064
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
26 MB (27185240 bytes)
Series
Contemporary Indian Studies
Pages
264\280
Time added
2016-04-18 20:08:57
Criticism;History & Criticism;Arts & Photography;P

Description

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 inscriptional translation, ethnographic documentation, and theoretical inquiry to understand religious images in context.

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