{"product_id":"indian-sculpture-the-scene-themes-and-legends","title":"Indian Sculpture - The Scene, Themes and Legends","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: M S Randhawa\u003cbr\u003eD S Randhawa\/\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Vakils, Freffer \u0026amp; Simons\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1985\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 368\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides an introduction to the best specimens of Indian sculpture in stone in simple language and readers will be able to enjoy them without being baffled by scholastic jargon used by many art historians.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndians have made a contribution to world art in their sculpture which can only be paralleled by the Greeks.  Like the Indian, the Greeks were also idol worshippers and in their gods and goddesses they created images of beauty and majesty.  The ideals of Greek and Indian art are however different.  Spiritual contemplation is the keynote of Indian art and Indian sculpture is idealistic, symbolic and transcendental.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike the Greeks, the ideal of manly beauty which the Indian sculptor set before himself was not hat the muscular athlete, but of the yogi in meditation. This was so as the Hindus and Buddhists used the arts as instruments for the spiritual and intellectual improvement of the people and not merely for sensual pleasure.  Their ideal of female beauty was in the heavenly apsaras whose figures are charmingly natural and full of feminine grace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLavishly illustrated, this work,  in large format  provides a panoramic view of the great sculptures of India from the second century B C to the eighteenth century A D. The authors in an extremely readable and facile style have described the religious and artistic significance of sculptures in the north, south, east and western parts of India which flourished under the patronage of different dynasties of rulers over a period of nearly 2000 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndian contribution to Sculpture in the world is monumental. This book profusely illustrated with photographs gives intimate glimpses of this great contribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Background of Indian Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eThe Human Ideal in Indian Sculpture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eThe Birth of Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eThe Sungas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eThe Satavahanas (Andhras)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eThe Ikshvakus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII\u003cbr\u003eKushan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII\u003cbr\u003eGraeco-Buddhist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX\u003cbr\u003eThe Rock-cut Buddhist Sanctuaries in the Western Ghats, Maharashtra, Karla, Bhaja and Kanheri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X\u003cbr\u003eGupta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI\u003cbr\u003eVakatakas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII\u003cbr\u003eThe Western Chalukyas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIII\u003cbr\u003ePallavas and Early Pandyas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIV\u003cbr\u003eRashtrakutas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XV\u003cbr\u003eElephanta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVI\u003cbr\u003ePala and Sena Dynasties of Eastern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVII\u003cbr\u003eThe Cholas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XVIII\u003cbr\u003eSalastambha\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XIX\u003cbr\u003eOrissa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XX\u003cbr\u003eMadhya Pradesh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI\u003cbr\u003eEastern Ganga (Orissa)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXII\u003cbr\u003eHoysala\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIII\u003cbr\u003eRajput Kingdoms of Northern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXIV\u003cbr\u003eGujarat and Rajasthan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXV\u003cbr\u003eThe Vijayanagar Empire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXVI\u003cbr\u003eDravidian Temples of Southern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Review of Studies in Indian Art and Architecture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"M S Randhawa \/ Vakils, Freffer \u0026 Simons \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153681379696,"sku":"11121","price":45.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/11121.jpg?v=1793912466","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/indian-sculpture-the-scene-themes-and-legends","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}