Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through TimeBRILL, 31 paź 2008 - 886 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 sculptors’ treatment of their “models”: 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. |
Spis treści
Acknowledgments | ix |
List of Abbreviations | lxvi |
Chapter One Antilope cervicapra the blackbuck 55 | 55 |
Chapter Three Bandicota indica the bandicoot rat | 74 |
Chapter Five Bos indicus the zebu | 88 |
Chapter Six Bos primigenius the aurochs | 111 |
Chapter Nine Camelus bactrianus the Bactrian camel | 140 |
Chapter Twelve Canis familiaris the domestic dog | 159 |
Chapter TwentySix nigricollis the Indian hare | 293 |
Chapter TwentyEight Macaca mulatta M radiata the rhesus | 301 |
Chapter TwentyNine Melursus ursinus the sloth bear 310 | 310 |
Chapter ThirtyOne Mus musculus the common house mouse | 318 |
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 Fourteen Capra sibrica the Asiatic ibex | 174 |
Chapter Sixteen Cuon alpinus the red dog | 187 |
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 | 270 |
Chapter TwentyThree Giraffa camelopardalis the giraffe | 280 |
Chapter TwentyFour Herpestes spp the Indian mongooses | 286 |
Chapter ThirtyEight Semnopithecus entellus the common | 387 |
Chapter ThirtyNine Sus scrofa pigs and boars | 395 |
Chapter Forty Tapirus indicus the Asian tapir | 415 |
Chapter FortyTwo Vulpes bengalensis the Indian fox | 421 |
Bibliography | 435 |
Glossary | 449 |
Inne wydania - Wyświetl wszystko
Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time Alexandra Anna Enrica van der Geer Ograniczony podgląd - 2008 |
Animals in Stone: Indian Mammals Sculptured Through Time Alexandra van der Geer Podgląd niedostępny - 2008 |
Kluczowe wyrazy i wyrażenia
8th century Andhra Pradesh animals antelope Bangladesh Bharhut Bihar blackbuck boar breeds Buddha Buddhist Buffalo Demon bull Calcutta Cave century B.C.E. courtesy Kern Institute depicted domestic dromedary Durga Slaying ears elephant example Field Museum figure forests frieze Gandhara Ganesha gateway gazelles Gerard Foekema goat goddess granite Greater Gandhara Gujarat Hanuman Harappa head Himalayas Hindu horns horse hump hunting iconography Indian Museum Indus Valley jackal Jataka Kamphorst Karnataka khur Leiden leopard lion macaque Madhya Pradesh Mammalapuram manes Mathura Mohenjo-daro mongoose monkey mother-goddess mriga Museum of Art muzzle Nagarjunakonda narrative reliefs Nepal Netherlands Fig nilgai Orissa Pakistan panel pedestal Photograph pillar Rajasthan realistic Revanta rhinoceros role Sanchi sandstone Sarnath scene sheep Shiva skin Slaying the Buffalo South Asia species spotted deer Sri Lanka statue stele stone sculpture Story stupa subcontinent tail Tamil Nadu temple tiger tusks typical Uttar Pradesh Varaha Vishnu wild zebu