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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Richard H. DavisPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.539kg ISBN: 9780691005201ISBN 10: 0691005206 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 02 May 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThis book offers a new way of discussing images in Indian history that goes beyond the formal analysis of traditional art history. -- Choice This is the best kind of scholarly book: literate, not without a sense of humor, genuinely informative, pertinent and consequential, and accessible yet highly erudite. A triumph. -- The Times Higher Education Supplement Davis writes with an elegance not common in scholarly books. -- Journal of Asian Studies Davis masterfully explores the intersections among possible frames for understanding Indian images... Essential reading not only for anyone interested in the ways in which cultural interactions have changed over the centuries. -- Religious Studies Review Richard Davis has again produced a book that is rich with many layers of meaning and beauty, a book that causes the reader to give pause to previous notions about Indian art and the ways in which we view it... This is a book that could only have been created with vigorous, meticulous research and the pulling together of sources not ordinarily converging in one study. -- Critical Review of Books in Religion This book offers a new way of discussing images in Indian history that goes beyond the formal analysis of traditional art history. -- Choice This is the best kind of scholarly book: literate, not without a sense of humor, genuinely informative, pertinent and consequential, and accessible yet highly erudite. A triumph. -- The Times Higher Education Supplement Davis writes with an elegance not common in scholarly books. -- Journal of Asian Studies Davis masterfully explores the intersections among possible frames for understanding Indian images... Essential reading not only for anyone interested in the ways in which cultural interactions have changed over the centuries. -- Religious Studies Review Richard Davis has again produced a book that is rich with many layers of meaning and beauty, a book that causes the reader to give pause to previous notions about Indian art and the ways in which we view it... This is a book that could only have been created with vigorous, meticulous research and the pulling together of sources not ordinarily converging in one study. -- Critical Review of Books in Religion This book offers a new way of discussing images in Indian history that goes beyond the formal analysis of traditional art history. Choice This is the best kind of scholarly book: literate, not without a sense of humor, genuinely informative, pertinent and consequential, and accessible yet highly erudite. A triumph. The Times Higher Education Supplement Davis writes with an elegance not common in scholarly books. Journal of Asian Studies Davis masterfully explores the intersections among possible frames for understanding Indian images... Essential reading not only for anyone interested in the ways in which cultural interactions have changed over the centuries. Religious Studies Review Richard Davis has again produced a book that is rich with many layers of meaning and beauty, a book that causes the reader to give pause to previous notions about Indian art and the ways in which we view it... This is a book that could only have been created with vigorous, meticulous research and the pulling together of sources not ordinarily converging in one study. Critical Review of Books in Religion Author InformationRichard H. Davis is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Yale University. His previous publications include Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshiping iva in Medieval India (Princeton). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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