INDIAN TEMPLE SCULPTURE

n this innovative book, John Guy examines Indian religious sculpture in its temple setting, exploring its origins and cosmological m eaning, its function within the architectural schema and its dynamic role in facilitating worship by devotees. Illustrated with the Victoria and Albert Museum's unrivalled collection of South Asian sculpture, it examines Indian temple sculpture as an instrument of worship, conveying powerful religious experiences, both emotive and aesthetic. It traces the early origins of sculptural imagery in India, t...[Llegir més]