Art of Loving Krishna - Ornamentation and Devotion

Informationen zum Autor Cynthia Packert Klappentext The Art of Loving Krishna opens a universe of meaning in which art, religious action, and devotion are dynamically intertwined. Zusammenfassung A study of temples in Vrindaban and Jaipur, India. It takes readers across temple thresholds and into the god Krishna's sacred domain. It describes what devotees see when they behold gorgeously attired representations of the god and why these images look the way they do. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Prologue: Seeing Krishna, Loving Krishna Introduction: A Sense of Place, an Open Heart, and an Educated Eye 1. The Radharamana Temple: Divine Time, All the Time 2. The Radhavallabha Temple: One Is Better than Two 3. The Govindadeva Temple: From the King's God to the People's God 4. Krishna to Go Conclusion: All Dressed Up and Everywhere to Go Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Cynthia Packert
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.07.2010
• EAN: 9780253221988
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22198-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions