Head and Heart

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Head and Heart

Valour and Self-Sacrifice in the Art of India

History of art Human figures depicted in art Hinduism

Author: Mary Storm

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Language: English

Published by: Routledge India

Published on: 12th August 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 25 Mb

ISBN: 9781317325567


An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism.

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