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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797236703321

Autore

Kerin Melissa R.

Titolo

Art and devotion at a Buddhist temple in the Indian Himalaya / / Melissa R. Kerin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-253-01309-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Indian Studies

Disciplina

755/.943095452

Soggetti

Buddhist mural painting and decoration - India - Nako - 16th century

Buddhist art and symbolism - India - Nako

Nako (India) Civilization

Kinnaur (India) Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's dissertation (Ph. D.--University of Pennsylvania, 2008).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nako's sociopolitical history and artistic heritage -- Forgetting to remember: Gyapagpa Temple's shifting identity -- Mapping Drigung activity at Nako and in the western Himalaya -- Gyapagpa's temple painting style and its antecedents -- Origin and meaning of a revival painting tradition.

Sommario/riassunto

Sixteenth-century wall paintings in a Buddhist temple in the Tibetan cultural zone of northwest India are the focus of this innovative and richly illustrated study. Initially shaped by one set of religious beliefs, the paintings have since been reinterpreted and retraced by a later Buddhist community, subsumed within its religious framework and communal memory. Melissa Kerin traces the devotional, political, and artistic histories that have influenced the paintings' production and reception over the centuries of their use. Her interdisciplinary approach combines art historical methods with ins