Body, history, myth : early modern murals in South India / Anna Lise Seastrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seastrand, Anna Lise, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mural painting and decoration, Indic--India, South--History.

Mural painting and decoration, Indic.

Narrative art, Indic--India, South--History.

Narrative art, Indic.

Space (Architecture)--India, South--History.

Space (Architecture).

Art and society--India, South--History.

Art and society.

Physical Description:

ix, 294 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"The first major scholarly history of the important South Indian mural tradition in the early modern period, and a reconception of their role in negotiating the relationship between art and devotion"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

The fictive and the factual

Described and inscribed : image, text, form, and genre

Architecture, adornment, and the Rāmāyaṇa at court and temple

Temporality, presence, and "portrait green"

Somatic vision and devotional landscapes

Talapuranam and the body in motion

Conclusion : painting at the limit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Seastrand, Anna Lise, 1980- Body, history, myth.

ISBN:

9780691257990

069125799X

OCLC:

1404055755