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Depicted Deities : Painters' Model Books in Nepal / M.L.B. Blom.

Brill Asian Studies - Book Archive Collection pre-2000 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Blom, M.L.B., author.
Series:
Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000.
Groningen Oriental studies ; 4.
Asian Studies - Book Archive pre-2000
Groningen Oriental Studies ; 4
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hindu goddesses in art.
Hindu gods in art.
Notebooks--Nepal.
Notebooks.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Other Title:
Painters' Model Books in Nepal
Place of Publication:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 1989.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book deals with the rules of art. More specifically, it treats of the unwritten rules of Nepalese religious art as laid down in 'model books'. These can be seen as manuals for the artists, in which they can find the correct way to represent, in visual art, any of some 2000 godly figures. The representation of these gods, all of them with their particular attributes, was (and is) subject to more or less strict rules. These books, the kind of which is also found in Europe in the early Middle Ages, have developed into a special tradition in Nepal, where a unique number of model books was found to be in existence, the oldest of them going back to the 15th century. The author of this study (the first in its kind) has traced the development in time of some 150 popular Hindu deities to determine the meaning of these model books for the artists using them, and also to see if the representation of these gods is in any way related to changes in society.
Contents:
Preliminary Material / M.L.B. Blom
Acknowledgements / M.L.B. Blom
I Introduction / M.L.B. Blom
II The Kingdom of Nepal. Some Aspects / M.L.B. Blom
III Hindu Gods / M.L.B. Blom
IV Hindu Goddesses / M.L.B. Blom
V Astral Divinities / M.L.B. Blom
VI Tradition and Innovation / M.L.B. Blom
Appendix I / M.L.B. Blom
Appendix II / M.L.B. Blom
Tables / M.L.B. Blom
Photographic Credits / M.L.B. Blom
List of Illustrations / M.L.B. Blom
Model Books and Dhyāna Collections / M.L.B. Blom
Bibliography / M.L.B. Blom
Index / M.L.B. Blom.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Depicted Deities : Painters' Model Books in Nepal.
ISBN:
9789004646605
Publisher Number:
10.1163/9789004646605 DOI
Access Restriction:
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