Dear List members,
 
please find here information about a new publication on Indology:

Art, Myths and Visual Culture of South Asia.
Edited by Piotr Balcerowicz in collaboration with Jerzy Malinowski.
Manohar Publishers, Delhi 2011.

Description:
The volume presents a collection of papers linked by a common theme which incorporates various aspects of art, religion, myths, symbols, literature and visual culture of the region of South Asia, but in certain aspects goes beyond the geographical boundaries and reaches out to South-East Asia.
The collection offers an entirely new material which explores a range of important motives and themes concerned with the art and visual culture of the region of South Asia, and partially with South-East Asia. They comprise various aspects of South Asian art, including sculpture, painting and decorative art, related to religious practice, mythology and cult, politics and power as well as the history and spread of artistic and mythological motives from South Asia to other parts of the world.
More details:
http://www.orient.uw.edu.pl/balcerowicz/indology/South_Asian_Art_2011.pdf

The book can be ordered from:
Manohar Publishers & Distributors
www.manoharbooks.com

Direct link:
http://www.manoharbooks.com/BookDetails.asp?bookid=116094&Page=1&subjec=%20%20Others%20%20%20%20%20%28Art,%20Myths%20and%20Visual%20Culture%20of%20South%20Asia%29
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Best regards,
 
Anna Slaczka
Curator of South Asian Art
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam