Erotic sculpture of India: a socio-cultural study

Desai, Devangana

ISBN: 9788121500180, 8121500184

Elements of Hindu iconography, 2 vols. in 4 pts., 2nd edn.

Gopinatha Rao, TA

ISBN: 9788120808782, 8120808789

This monumental work is devoted to the interpretation of all principal Hindu icons or images and their special features. The study reveals the significance of the figure sculptures, frescoes, etc.

Mayamata: an Indian treatise on housing architecture and iconography,

ISBN: 9788178224978, 8178224976

This book contains many precise descriptions of villages and towns as of temples, houses, mansions and palaces. It also gives indications for the selection of a proper orientation, of right dimension and of appropriate building materials.

Moulded magic: sculpture on a bench

Bahl, Sushma K.

ISBN: 9788195548705, 8195548709

Inspired by India's deep-rooted tradition of sculpture in abstracted human, humanoid and associated forms, the book documents the magic of newly moulded and differently designed sculptures, seated on specially made benches. This volume, features the participating sculptors and photographs of their specially commissioned work in progress from drawing to working models and macquettes to the final...

Narasimha: Vishnu's fourth avatar, the God who emerged from the totem pole

Maheshwari, Madhurika K.

ISBN: 9789392280030, 9392280033

The author believes that Narasimha may have started as a tribal god, and later ascended to the heights as an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

Sculpted stones: mysteries of Mamallapuram, photographs by Nithya V.

Prabhu, Ashwin

ISBN: 9788196033248, 8196033249

The series introduces children to the world of art: contemporary, traditional and folk, to give them a more inclusive idea of art.

Monuments of the Prachi Valley: a representation of sculptural art in canvas

Sahoo, Chitta Ranjan

ISBN: 9788119808120, 8119808126

This book is divided into four sections, viz. art, archaeology & history, architecture and culture. The volume covers a wide range of themes and attempts to focus on Prachi Valley's local and regional history and illustrates the sculptures of Prachi Valley and delineates its impact on art and architecture.

The Marg: a magazine of arts, Vol.76, No.2, Sept.-December 2024: Third side of the coin (ISSN: 0972-1444),

Blaze of bronze: the Banpur-Achyutrajpur collection and other metalcrafts of Odisha State Museum,

ISBN: 9788195842797, 8195842798

Historically most of the craftsmanship in Odisha has been through visual art forms in stone and various other mediums such as the patachitra. Many of them are linked to rituals and social customs. Metal craftsmanship in Odisha can be seen in the large iron beams used in Sun temple at Konark, and traditional bell metal works. Small clay furnaces around Sambalpur in clusters that were home to the...

Entrances of eternity: art, symbolism and religious life in Chandella temple doorframes

Tripathi, Aparna

ISBN: 9789348309594, 9348309595

This book offers an in-depth exploration of the rich symbolism and exquisite craftsmanship of the doorframes in Chandella temples, analyzing their cultural, spiritual, and artistic significance. It examines the divine and secular sculptures adorning the three architectural elements of the temple doorways--the uttaranga (lintel), dvara-sakha (door jambs), and udumbara (threshold). The sculptures...

The erotic sculpture of India,

Fouchet, Max-Pol

ISBN: 9788182905542, 8182905540

This book, most notably seen in temples like Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh), Konark (Odisha), and Sun Temple at Modhera (Gujarat), represents a unique integration of spirituality and sensuality. These sculptures, carved between the 9th and 13th centuries, are not merely depictions of physical intimacy but symbolic representations of cosmic union, fertility, and the celebration of life.

Sculpted: from paint to Patina, Thota Vaikuntam, Krishen Khanna, Jogen Chowdhury, Madhvi Parekh, Manu Parekh

Nair, Uma

ISBN: 9789365231236, 936523123X

This book brings together the three-dimensional explorations of five of Indias modern masters--Thota Vaikuntam, Krishen Khanna, Jogen Chowdhury, Madhvi Parekh, and Manu Parekh. While staying true to their iconic style and vision, this collection has allowed the artists to extend their pieces beyond the canvas by recreating their paintings from every angle and imagining their previously unseen a...

Wild Africa: through my lens

Mundra, Manish

ISBN: 9789361568640, 9361568647

In this stunning collection, the author captures Africas wilderness in all its raw, untamed beauty. This book is not just a celebration of the wild--it is a call to preserve its fragile splendour...

A collection from Sankaras commentaries on the Prasthanatraya

Kritarthananda, Swami

ISBN: 9789381325865, 9381325863

Syncretism in sculptural art of South and South East Asia,

ISBN: 9789356199224, 9356199221

This edited volume explores the multifaceted interactions between different traditions in South and Southeast Asian art, particularly focusing on how various religious and cultural ideas have merged in sculptural forms. The book covers topics such as the syncretism of Shaivism and Vaishnavism, which is evident in the worship of deities like Hari-Hara, a composite figure combining attributes of ...

Vaishnava sculptures of Kerala, India: an iconographic study

Nayar, Preeta

ISBN: 9788192610702, 8192610705

This is the first comprehensive work on the sculptural art of Kerala with Vaishnava Iconography in focus. It gives detailed iconography of all forms of vaishnava sculptures found in stone and wood in Kerala: sthanaka, asana and shayana forms of Vishnu, his major and minor avataras and his composite and associate deities. It deals with sculptural depictions of many anecdotes affiliated to these ...

Select stone sculptures from Dakshin Dinajpur district museum

Bandyopadhyay, Sudipa Ray

ISBN: 9788198188205, 8198188207

This book is a partial outcome of a long journey of cataloguing of museum objects preserved in the museum objects preserved in the Dakshin Dinajpur Museum at Balurghat done on request of the District Magistrate of Dakshin Dinajpur. The sculptures found from different places of Dakshin Dinajpur preserved at the museum only have been categorized the sculptures discussed in the book into eight gro...

The Hindu-Buddhist sculpture of ancient Kashmir and its influences

Siudmak, John

ISBN: 9788169779883, 816977988X

This book primarily based on the study of the largely unpublished corpus of sculpture, mostly of stone, in the Sri Pratap Singh Museum in Srinagar, and of other examples in situ elsewhere in the valley. The disparate nature and fragmentary condition of these sculptures as well as their artistic and iconographical influences have for long defied accurate analysis. The method used in the classifi...

Religio-cultural survey of fifty-one Shaktipithas, 2 vols.

Mukherjee, Arindam

ISBN: 9789374820032, 937482003X

Vol.1: ISBN 9789374820032; Vol.2: ISBN 9789374820049. It is a comprehensive, encyclopedic two-volume set. The book is structured to bridge the gap between spiritual devotion and rigorous academic analysis. The work splits the exhaustive field study of all 51 traditional Shakti Peethas across the South Asian subcontinent. This set brings together a combined look at history, mythology, art archit...