Shiva's Waterfront Temples - Architects and Their Audiences in Medieval India (Hardcover)

This handsomely illustrated volume explores the medieval Deccani temple complexes at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pattadakal, with careful attention to their makers. The vibrant red sandstone temples of India's Deccan Plateau, such as the Pattadakal temple cluster, have attracted visitors since the eighth century or earlier. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and the coronation place of the Chalukya dynasty, Pattadakal and its neighboring sites are of major historical importance. In Shiva's Waterfront Temples, Subhashini Kaligotla situates these buildings in the cosmopolitan milieu of Deccan India and considers how their makers and awestruck visitors would have seen them in their day. Kaligotla reconstructs how architects and builders approached the sites, including their use of ornamentation, responsiveness to courtly values such as pleasure and play, and ingenious juxtaposition of the first millennium's Nagara and Dravida aesthetics, a blend largely unique to Deccan plateau architecture. With over 130 color illustrations, this original book elucidates the Deccan's special place in the lexicon of medieval South Asian architecture.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Subhashini Kaligotla
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	300
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-25894-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Architecture > Religious buildings Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > History of religion Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Hinduism Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > History of religion Promotions
LSN:	0-300-25894-1
Barcode:	9780300258943

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