The Thief Who Stole My Heart

The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855–1280

By:

Vidya Dehejia

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Hardback

Series:

Bollingen Series

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The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social context From the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, th

Author Biography:

Vidya Dehejia is the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University. Her many books include The Unfinished: Stone Carvers at Work on the Indian Subcontinent and The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India.

Release date Australia

May 11th, 2021

Author

Vidya Dehejia

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Illustrations

242 color + 3 b/w illus. 4 tables. 8 maps.

Pages

336

Series

Bollingen Series

ISBN-13

9780691202594

Product ID

34316534

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