Art and devotion at a Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalaya / Melissa R. Kerin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kerin, Melissa R., author.

Series:

Contemporary Indian studies.

Contemporary Indian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhist mural painting and decoration--India--Nako--16th century.

Buddhist mural painting and decoration.

Buddhist art and symbolism--India--Nako.

Buddhist art and symbolism.

Nako (India)--Civilization.

Nako (India).

Kinnaur (India)--Civilization.

Kinnaur (India).

Gyapagpa Lhakhang (Nako, India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of Pennsylvania, 2008).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780253013095

0253013097

OCLC:

911179721