The body adorned : dissolving boundaries between sacred and profane in India's art / Vidya Dehejia.

The sensuous human form--elegant and eye-catching--is the dominant feature of premodern Indian art. From the powerful god Shiva, greatest of all yogis and most beautiful of all beings, to stone dancers twisting along temple walls, the body in Indian art is always richly adorned. Alankara (ornament)...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Dehejia, Vidya
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Human figure in art. Human body in literature. Beauty, Personal, in art. Beauty, Personal, in literature. Arts, Indic. Human body > Symbolic aspects. Människokroppen i konsten. Människokroppen i litteraturen. Indisk konst. Skönhetsideal i konsten. Skönhetsideal i litteraturen.