The Art And Architecture Of India: Buddhist · Hindu · Jain
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 3rd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Ex-library with usual markings (library stamp visible on title page). Binding condition: Binding intact.
Few civilisations have expressed the divine through stone, sculpture, and space with the same breathtaking intensity as the Indian subcontinent. Benjamin Rowland's authoritative survey chronicles the full sweep of Indian artistic achievement across three great religious traditions — Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain — tracing a visual history that spans more than two millennia of unbroken creative genius. From the serene stupas of Sanchi and the soaring temple towers of Khajuraho to the intricate carvings of Ellora, Rowland presents each tradition not as a series of isolated artefacts, but as an integrated expression of belief, cosmology, and cultural identity. Part of the celebrated Pelican History of Art series, this volume is a landmark work of art-historical scholarship that balances rigorous academic analysis with genuinely accessible prose. Rowland argues that understanding Indian art demands an engagement with its spiritual and philosophical underpinnings, and his command of both Western art-historical method and Eastern iconographic tradition makes this synthesis uniquely compelling. For anyone seeking to understand how a civilisation can make the sacred visible in brick and bronze, this remains the essential starting point.
Author: Benjamin Rowland
Format: Hardback
Published: 1954, Penguin Books (Pelican History of Art)
Genre: Architecture
Edition: 3rd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: Ex-library with usual markings (library stamp visible on title page). Binding condition: Binding intact.
Few civilisations have expressed the divine through stone, sculpture, and space with the same breathtaking intensity as the Indian subcontinent. Benjamin Rowland's authoritative survey chronicles the full sweep of Indian artistic achievement across three great religious traditions — Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain — tracing a visual history that spans more than two millennia of unbroken creative genius. From the serene stupas of Sanchi and the soaring temple towers of Khajuraho to the intricate carvings of Ellora, Rowland presents each tradition not as a series of isolated artefacts, but as an integrated expression of belief, cosmology, and cultural identity. Part of the celebrated Pelican History of Art series, this volume is a landmark work of art-historical scholarship that balances rigorous academic analysis with genuinely accessible prose. Rowland argues that understanding Indian art demands an engagement with its spiritual and philosophical underpinnings, and his command of both Western art-historical method and Eastern iconographic tradition makes this synthesis uniquely compelling. For anyone seeking to understand how a civilisation can make the sacred visible in brick and bronze, this remains the essential starting point.