Books written by Vidya Dehejia
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The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India is a significant addition to the literature on the exquisite temple bronzes produced during the Chola period, a time of unparalleled creativity in the history of the Indian ...
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Indian Art A&i
In this comprehensive survey Vidya Dehejia, a leading authority on Indian art, explains and analyses not only such key early developments as the great cities of the Indus civilization, the...
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India: A Story Through 100 Objects
This richly illustrated book focuses on 100 objects to tell a story of India that unravels in a series of thematic sections that allow the objects to take centre-stage.
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The Body Adorned: Dissolving Boundaries Between Sacred and Profane in India's Art
In this work, the author draws on the literature of court poets, the hymns of saints and 'acharyas', and verses from inscriptions to illuminate premodern India's unique treatment of the sculpted and painted form.
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The Unfinished: The Stone Carvers at Work in the Indian Subcontinent
At the heart of this book are the many varieties of unfinished stone carving that merit close observation to see what is there and what is not, and to appreciate that all the finished work has been through these various stages of being ...
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The Body Adorned: Sacred and Profane in Indian Art
While devotees did not actually view the physical beauty of the image of worship , adoring only its ornamented form , we must give a place to imaginative evocation , specially since closely similar images could be seen in all their ...
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Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India
Chola: Sacred Bronzes of Southern India
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The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855–1280
Only those under forty years of age were deemed eligible to serve , and all decisions were to be ratified by the citizens in a town - hall assembly . Those who violated these rules would be declared traitors and their property ...
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From Merchants to Emperors: British Artists and India, 1757-1930
During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, the British established a presence in India that was to last over three centuries. Throughout these years of British control, exciting moments of...
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Sources of Indian Tradition: Volume 1
Sources of Indian Tradition: Volume 1
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Devi: The Great Goddess : Female Divinity in South Asian Art
"Devi, the Great Goddess of India, is beautiful, beneficent, terrifying, all-powerful, and glorious. Ubiquitous in India's social and spiritual fabric, she has, over the millennia, been painted, sculpted, carved, and...
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Impossible Picturesqueness: Edward Lear's Indian Watercolours, 1873-1875
Impossible Picturesqueness: Edward Lear's Indian Watercolours, 1873-1875
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Representing the Body: Gender Issues in Indian Art
Contributed articles.
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Early Stone Temples of Orissa
Early Stone Temples of Orissa