Embodied dependencies and freedoms : artistic communities and patronage in Asia /

Have you ever thought about dependencies in Asian art and architecture? Most people would probably assume that the arts are free and that creativity and ingenuity function outside of such reliances. However, the 13 chapters provided by specialists in the fields of Asian art and architecture in this...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hegewald, Julia A. B. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2023]
Colección:Dependency and slavery studies ; v. 5.
Temas:
Art and society > Asia.
Dependency (Sociology) > Asia.
Liberty.
Art et société > Asie.
Liberté.
freedom.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery.
Art and society
Dependency (Sociology)
Liberty
Asia
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: Embodiments of Dependencies and Freedoms in Asian Art
  • Chapter 2. Climate and Resource Dependencies in Buddhist Art and Architecture along the Northern Silk Road
  • Chapter 3. Temple Architecture in Coastal Karnataka: An Interplay of Climatic Dependencies and Artistic Freedoms
  • Chapter 4. Chinese Export Porcelain of the Ming Dynasty and its Dependence on Foreign Silver
  • Chapter 5. 'Slaves of God': Extreme Religious Dependency in Medieval South India (800-1100 CE)
  • Chapter 6. Usages and Instrumentalisations of the Sanskrit Term 'Dāsī/Dāsa' (Servant-Slave) in Pre-Colonial and Colonial South India: The Case of the Devadāsīs and Rājadāsīs
  • Chapter 7. Mediating Śakti: Embodied Dependencies and Senses in Teyyam, Malabar, South India
  • Chapter 8. Patterns of Dependency in the Buddhist Tantric Iconography of Nepal
  • Chapter 9. Dependence and Freedom in the Theory and Practice of Indian Temple Architecture
  • Chapter 10. Bound by Tradition?: An Investigation of the Extreme Dependency of Artists on Un-written Artistic Conventions for Dance Imagery in Sculpture and Painting
  • Chapter 11. Dependencies and Artistic Freedom in the Context of Himalayan Conservation Projects
  • Chapter 12. Countering Cerebral Invasions: Sculptors Against Dependencies
  • Chapter 13. The Story Tellers of Mysore: Regime Change and the Musarrati Performance Artists of Tipu Sultan's Court
  • Chapter 14. Indigenous Modernities in Dependent Princely States: Design of Public and Civic Spaces in Baroda
  • Glossary
  • List of Plates
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index

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