Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through TimeBRILL, 2008 - 461 halaman The art history of South Asia covers a time span of roughly four and a half thousand years. During this period, a vast number of animal stone sculptures has been produced, ranging from the pre-historic period till today and covering a great variety of motifs and imagery in different regions and religious traditions. Even so, the number of studies devoted to these animal sculptures has remained extremely limited. The present book aims at filling this knowledge gap. With this richly illustrated book, the first of its kind, Van der Geer offers a comparative study of the ways in which various animals have been depicted and a lucid analysis of the sculptorsa (TM) treatment of their a oemodelsa: living animals. The art history of sculptured animals is contextualized with a description of the use of animals as can be read from ancient texts, archaeological evidence and contemporaneous culture. In doing so, parallels as well as differences in style or iconography are highlighted, elucidating the variety of animal depictions across regions, religious contexts and through time. The corpus of discussed material ranges from Indus seals, stupa panels and railings, monumental temples from North and South India, non-religious palace and fort architecture to loose sculptures in museum collections. |
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Acknowledgments | ix |
List of Figures | xi |
List of Abbreviations | lxvii |
Timetable | lxix |
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter One Antilope cervicapra the blackbuck | 55 |
Chapter Two Axis axis the spotted deer | 64 |
Chapter Three Bandicota indica the bandicoot rat | 74 |
Chapter TwentyThree Giraffa camelopardalis the giraffe | 280 |
Chapter TwentyFour Herpestes spp the Indian mongooses | 286 |
Chapter TwentyFive Hylobates hoolock the whitebrowed gibbon | 291 |
Chapter TwentySix nigricollis the Indian hare | 293 |
Chapter TwentySeven Lutrogale perspicillata the smooth Indian otter | 297 |
Chapter TwentyEight Macaca mulatta M radiata the rhesus monkey and bonnet macaque | 301 |
Chapter TwentyNine Melursus ursinus the sloth bear | 310 |
Chapter Thirty Muntiacus muntjak the Indian muntjac | 315 |
Chapter Four Bos gaurus the gaur | 83 |
Chapter Five Bos indicus the zebu | 88 |
Chapter Six Bos primigenius the aurochs | 111 |
Chapter Seven Boselaphus tragocamelus the nilgai | 115 |
Chapter Eight Bubalus bubalis the water buffalo | 119 |
Chapter Nine Camelus bactrianus the Bactrian camel | 140 |
Chapter Ten Camelus dromedarius the dromedary | 144 |
Chapter Eleven Canis aureus the golden jackal | 150 |
Chapter Twelve Canis familiaris the domestic dog | 159 |
Chapter Thirteen Capra hircus the domestic goat | 169 |
Chapter Fourteen Capra sibrica the Asiatic ibex | 174 |
Chapter Fifteen Cervus unicolor sambar deer | 180 |
Chapter Sixteen Cuon alpinus the red dog | 187 |
Chapter Seventeen Elephas maximus the Indian elephant | 189 |
Chapter Eighteen Equus caballus the domestic horse | 226 |
Chapter Nineteen Equus hemionus the khur | 259 |
Chapter Twenty Felis spp the small cats | 264 |
Chapter TwentyOne Funambulus spp the striped palm squirrels | 270 |
Chapter TwentyTwo Gazella bennetti the chinkara | 274 |
Chapter ThirtyOne Mus musculus the common house mouse | 318 |
Chapter ThirtyTwo Ovis aries the domestic sheep | 321 |
Chapter ThirtyThree Panthera leo the lion | 332 |
Chapter ThirtyFour Panthera pardus the leopard | 362 |
Chapter ThirtyFive Panthera tigris the tiger | 368 |
Chapter ThirtySix Platanista gangetica the river dolphin | 376 |
Chapter ThirtySeven Rhinoceros unicornis the Indian rhinoceros | 380 |
Chapter ThirtyEight Semnopithecus entellus the common langur | 387 |
Chapter ThirtyNine Sus scrofa pigs and boars | 395 |
Chapter Forty Tapirus indicus the Asian tapir | 415 |
Chapter FortyOne Tetracerus quadricornis the chousingha | 418 |
Chapter FortyTwo Vulpes bengalensis the Indian fox | 421 |
Chapter FortyThree Who are Missing? | 424 |
Chapter FortyFour Concluding Remarks | 430 |
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Glossary | 449 |
453 | |
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time Alexandra van der Geer Pratinjau terbatas - 2008 |
Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time Alexandra van der Geer Pratinjau tidak tersedia - 2008 |
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