Climate Change and the Art of Devotion : Geoaesthetics in the Land of Krishna, 1550-1850 / Sugata Ray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ray, Sugata, author.

Series:

Global South Asia.

Global South Asia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecology in art.

Nature (Aesthetics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps, facsimiles.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2019]

Summary:

In the enchanted world of Braj, the primary pilgrimage center in north India for worshippers of Krishna, each stone, river, and tree is considered sacred. In Climate Change and the Art of Devotion, Sugata Ray shows how this place-centered theology emerged in the wake of the Little Ice Age (ca. 1550–1850), an epoch marked by climatic catastrophes across the globe. Using the frame of geoaesthetics, he compares early modern conceptions of the environment and current assumptions about nature and culture.A groundbreaking contribution to the emerging field of eco–art history, the book examines architecture, paintings, photography, and prints created in Braj alongside theological treatises and devotional poetry to foreground seepages between the natural ecosystem and cultural production. The paintings of deified rivers, temples that emulate fragrant groves, and talismanic bleeding rocks that Ray discusses will captivate readers interested in environmental humanities and South Asian art history.Art History Publication Initiative. For more information, visit http://arthistorypi.org/books/climate-change-and-the-art-of-devotion

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration

Map of Major Sites in South Asia

Introduction: Climate Change and Art History

1. Water

2. Land

3. Forest

4. Ether

Coda: Geoaesthetics in a Hindu Pilgrimage Town

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Global South Asia Series

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295745381

029574538X

OCLC:

1057244796