Puja and Piety - Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Art From the Indian Subcontinent

Puja and Piety celebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the Indian subcontinent. This stunning and authoritative catalogue presents some 150 objects created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and roadside shrines. From monumental painted temple hangings and painted meditation diagrams to portable pictures for pilgrims, from stone sculptures to processional bronzes and wooden chariots, from ancient terracottas to various devotional objects for domestic shrines, this volume provides much-needed context and insight into classical and popular art of India. Featuring an introduction by the eminent art historian and curator Pratapaditya Pal

About the author

Pratapaditya Pal has been affiliated with many prominent museums and universities as a curator and a teacher. He has organized numerous groundbreaking exhibitions on the arts of Asia; has written more than sixty books and catalogues on the ancient art and culture of India, Nepal, and Tibet; and was the general editor of Marg, a journal of art and culture published in India. His publications include Himalayas: An Aesthetic Adventure,Indian Sculpture (2 vols.), and Art of Nepal.

Summary

Celebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the Indian subcontinent. This title presents 150 objects created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and more.

Additional text

“. . . a visually stunning coffee table conversation piece, and a stellar tool for use in a classroom to provide graphic, tactical examples of function and worship. Puja and Piety is a photographic journey exploring the intricate relationship that art holds within religion and lived spirituality.”

Product details

• Authors: John E. Cort, Stephen P. Huyler, Pratapaditya Pal
• Assisted by: Pratapaditya Pal (Editor), Pal Pratapaditya (Editor), Pal Pratapaditya (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.04.2016
• EAN: 9780520288478
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28847-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Antiques; ART / History / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / Asian / General, ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, ART / Asian / Indian & South Asian, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, East Asia, Far East, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, Oriental art, Religious subjects depicted in art, Religious and ceremonial art