The Loves of Krishna in Indian Painting and PoetryThe first book in English to provide a full and clear introduction to the imagery and verse related to one of the most significant of Indian gods. Archer's history of the depiction of Krishna's life and deeds traces the god's many aspects, from warrior to cowherd to prince. 39 plates of illustrations follow. |
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... Gita Govinda Later Poetry iv The Rasika Priya VI THE KR'SHNA 01-" PAINTING NOTES B'BL'OGRAPHY 'NDEX PLATES AND COMMENTARY Pm ix 14 37 60 81 103 109 ll' 117 I INTRODUCTION During the twentieth century, a certain type of.
... Gita Govinda Later Poetry iv The Rasika Priya VI THE KR'SHNA 01-" PAINTING NOTES B'BL'OGRAPHY 'NDEX PLATES AND COMMENTARY Pm ix 14 37 60 81 103 109 ll' 117 I INTRODUCTION During the twentieth century, a certain type of.
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W. G. Archer. I INTRODUCTION During the twentieth century, a certain type of Indian painting began to fascinate the West. Unlike Mughal art, it was a product of Hindu courts in Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills and unlike Mughal painting ...
W. G. Archer. I INTRODUCTION During the twentieth century, a certain type of Indian painting began to fascinate the West. Unlike Mughal art, it was a product of Hindu courts in Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills and unlike Mughal painting ...
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... centuries, knowledge of Krishna remains in this fragmentary state. Nothing further is recorded and not until the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata, crystallizes out between the fourth century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. does a ...
... centuries, knowledge of Krishna remains in this fragmentary state. Nothing further is recorded and not until the great Indian epic, the Mahabharata, crystallizes out between the fourth century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. does a ...
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... centuries—release from living by union with or absorption into the supreme Spirit; and only when the individual soul had reached this stage was the cycle of birth and re-birth completed. The reverse of this process was illustrated by ...
... centuries—release from living by union with or absorption into the supreme Spirit; and only when the individual soul had reached this stage was the cycle of birth and re-birth completed. The reverse of this process was illustrated by ...
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... century A.D., an appendix was added. This appendix was called the Harivansa or Genealogy of Krishna1 and in it were ... century and is developed and illustrated in the tenth and eleventh books of the Bhagavata Purana. It is this latter ...
... century A.D., an appendix was added. This appendix was called the Harivansa or Genealogy of Krishna1 and in it were ... century and is developed and illustrated in the tenth and eleventh books of the Bhagavata Purana. It is this latter ...
Contents
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THE PRINCE | 37 |
THE KRISHNA OF POETRY | 60 |
THE KRISHNA OF PAINTING | 81 |
NOTES | 103 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 109 |
INDEX | 111 |
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