Forms Of The Goddess Lajja Gauri In Indian Art
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Forms Of The Goddess Lajj Gaur In Indian Art
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Author : Carol Radcliffe Bolon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1997
Forms Of The Goddess Lajj Gaur In Indian Art written by Carol Radcliffe Bolon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Lajjā Gaurī (Hindu deity) categories.
The artists creating images of Lajja Gauri drew on various ancient symbols of fortune, fertility, and life-force to communicate her power through their rich heritage of meanings. Because there are no texts to explain the figure, the study proceeds from the basis of the objects to derive their meaning. Carol Bolon charts the changes in the goddess`s form over a period of more than four centuries, including its possible adoption from tribal worship into Hindu temples, and brings a new appreciation of Lajja Gauri`s rich symbolic meaning and cultural context.
Forms Of The Goddess Lajja Gauri In Indian Art
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Author : Carol Radcliffe Bolon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Forms Of The Goddess Lajja Gauri In Indian Art written by Carol Radcliffe Bolon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Forms Of The Goddess Lajj Gaur In Indian Art
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Author : Carol Radcliffe Bolon
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Forms Of The Goddess Lajj Gaur In Indian Art written by Carol Radcliffe Bolon and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Art categories.
Striking images of a certain Indian goddess have been variously referred to as the "shameless woman" the "nude squatting goddess," the "mother goddess," or, because her historical name remains unknown, more than twenty-five names, among them Aditi, Lajjā Gaurī, Renukā, and Nagna Kabambdha. The best-known images of this goddess have a female torso and a lotus flower in place of a head, while her legs are bent up at the knees and drawn up to each side in a position that has been described as one of "giving birth" or "self-display." This type of goddess figure is explained as part of a long, highly sophisticated tradition of expressing fertility and well-being in Indian art. The artists creating images of Lajjā Gaurī drew on various ancient symbols of fortune, fertility, and life-force to communicate her power through their rich heritage of meanings. As these historical-religious symbols and images were constantly reused and reincorporated, they formed a new and enriched religious context. In the process of recycling they became empowered cultural metaphors, visual morphemes in the language of Indian art. Because there are no texts to explain the figure, the study proceeds from the basis of the objects to derive their meaning. Carol Bolon charts the changes in the goddess's form over a period of more than four centuries, including its possible adoption from tribal worship into Hindu temples, and brings a new appreciation of Lajjā Gaurī's rich symbolic meanings and cultural context.
Dev
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Author : John Stratton Hawley
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Release Date : 1998
Dev written by John Stratton Hawley and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Religion categories.
The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism "God" very often means "Goddess." This extraordinary collection explores twelve different Hindu goddesses, all of whom are in some way related to Devi, the Great Goddess. They range from the liquid goddess-energy of the River Ganges to the possessing, entrancing heat of Bhagavati and Seranvali. They are local, like Vindhyavasini, and global, like Kali; ancient, like Saranyu, and modern, like "Mother India." The collection combines analysis of texts with intensive fieldwork, allowing the reader to see how goddesses are worshiped in everyday life. In these compelling essays, the divine feminine in Hinduism is revealed as never before--fascinating, contradictory, powerful.
History Of Art
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Author : Marcia Pointon
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
History Of Art written by Marcia Pointon and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with Art categories.
History of Art covers training and vocational aspects of Art History, providing a wealth of information on the different kinds of courses available on the relationship between, for example, museum and gallery work and academic Art History.
Sati Savitri
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Author : Devdutt Pattanaik
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Release Date : 2024-03-29
Sati Savitri written by Devdutt Pattanaik and has been published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-03-29 with Social Science categories.
Manu said that a woman’s dharma is to be mother, daughter, sister and wife in service of men, regardless of the caste. In modern times we call this patriarchy. In the Veda, the need to control and favour hierarchy, is an expression of an anxious mind. Hindu, Buddhist and Jain lore is full of tales where women do not let men define their dharma. In modern times we call this feminism. In the Veda, the acceptance of a woman's choice is an expression of a wise and secure mind. While in Western myth, patriarchy is traditional and feminism is progressive, in Indian myth both patriarchy and feminism have always co-existed, in eternal tension, through endless cycles of rebirth. Liberation thus is not a foreign idea. It has always been here. You have heard tales of patriarchy. This book tells you the other tales—the ones they don’t tell you.
Myth And Violence In The Contemporary Female Text
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Author : V.G. Julie Rajan
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-12-05
Myth And Violence In The Contemporary Female Text written by V.G. Julie Rajan and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-05 with Social Science categories.
How various mythologies challenge, enable, and inspire women artists and activists across the globe to communicate personal and historical experiences of violence is the central concern of this collection. Beginning with the observation that twentieth- and twenty-first century female writers and artists often use myth to represent their social and artistic struggles, the distinguished international scholars and writers consider mythic fabulations as spaces for contested meanings and resistant readings. The identified resistance of the mythic material to repression-working, as it were, in opposition to another celebrated drive/role of myth, that of containment-makes the use of myth particularly stimulating for twentieth-century and contemporary female artists; and it is an interest in the aesthetic and political consequences of such resistances that animates this book. Exemplifying the diverse types of engagement with myth and femininity, literary criticism, discussions of film and art, artwork, as well as original creative writing, could all be found within the boundaries of this innovative volume. Femininity, myth, and violence are here explored in contexts such as female mythopoiesis in the early twentieth century; the politics of representation in contemporary writing; revision of old myths; and creation of new myths in multicultural female experiences. Keeping the focus on the actual works of art, the editors and contributors offer scholars and teachers an inclusive way to approach literature and the arts that avoids the limits imposed by genre or national and regional boundaries.
The Goddess Lajja Gauri Origins
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Author : Max Le Martin
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-07-01
The Goddess Lajja Gauri Origins written by Max Le Martin and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-01 with Art categories.
The weight of words, the impact of photographs: Short texts supported by about 530 illustrations mainly in color. The author takes a fresh look on the museum antique pieces to follow the footsteps of the fertility goddess Lajja Gauri from the first centuries ac. until the earliest Prehistoric testimonies.The complete design of the goddess in Lajja Gauri attitude, her symbol ?M+V? and the swastika appear at Mezin, Ukraine, towards 10.000 bc. The migration of these symbols from the Black Sea cultures will reach all the Ancient World: Prehistoric Egypt, Neolithic Western China, Near East, Indus valley, Western Europe, ? until Easter island. The theories of the author, illustrated by his interpretation of the antique pieces, bring a fresh reading on many topics of history of ancient civilizations and on the iconographic origin of the universal goddess of sexuality.
Seeking Mahadevi
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Author : Tracy Pintchman
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2001-06-14
Seeking Mahadevi written by Tracy Pintchman and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06-14 with Religion categories.
Explores the identity of the Hindu Great Goddess and how it relates to the many goddesses worshipped in India.
Pilgrimage And Politics In Colonial Bengal
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Author : Imma Ramos
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-03-16
Pilgrimage And Politics In Colonial Bengal written by Imma Ramos and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-16 with Art categories.
From the late nineteenth century onwards the concept of Mother India assumed political significance in colonial Bengal. Reacting against British rule, Bengali writers and artists gendered the nation in literature and visual culture in order to inspire patriotism amongst the indigenous population. This book will examine the process by which the Hindu goddess Sati rose to sudden prominence as a personification of the subcontinent and an icon of heroic self-sacrifice. According to a myth of cosmic dismemberment, Sati’s body parts were scattered across South Asia and enshrined as Shakti Pithas, or Seats of Power. These sacred sites were re-imagined as the fragmented body of the motherland in crisis that could provide the basis for an emergent territorial consciousness. The most potent sites were located in eastern India, Kalighat and Tarapith in Bengal, and Kamakhya in Assam. By examining Bengali and colonial responses to these temples and the ritual traditions associated with them, including Tantra and image worship, this book will provide the first comprehensive study of this ancient network of pilgrimage sites in an art historical and political context.