Publication

1997 - University of Delaware Press, Newark, Delaware

Language

English

Word Count

85,250 words, Guess

Page Count

341 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL806615M
  • ISBN-100874135702
  • OCLC Control Number33441406
  • Library of Congress Control Number95043231
  • Goodreads4913982

Classifications

  • DDC730/.95496
  • LCCNK7986.A3 H567 1997

Description

Himalayan Bronzes focuses on a complete study of 340 medieval-period copper alloy sculptures from the Himalayan regions of Afghanistan, northern Pakistan, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, and Tibet. For more than 1,500 years, artists in isolated valleys in and adjacent to the mountains of the Himalayas have created magnificent copper-based statues representing deities and spiritual leaders of the Hindu, Buddhist and Bon-Po religions. Author Chandra L. Reedy's multidisciplinary approach to the study of these statues integrates methods and techniques from art history, art conservation, geology, chemistry, statistics, archaeology, and ethnography to answer art historical and anthropological questions. Her guiding premise is that gathering and combining several types of information will result in more and better answers than any one type alone.

Subjects

Topics

BronzesHindu BronzesBronzes, HinduMedieval BronzesBuddhist BronzesBronzes, BuddhistBronzes, Medieval

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