Colonial Collections and Umā Maheśvara Icons in the Middle Ganga Valley
by
Salila Kulshreshtha
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Religious icons have been a contested terrain across the world. Their implications and understanding travel further than the artistic or the aesthetic and inform contemporary preoccupations.This book traces the lives of religious sculptures beyond the moment of their creation. It lays bare their purpose...