Artibus Asiae Supplementum; 54

Title in ENGLISH : This book is a relatively little-known Shaiva text; and only slightly better known than it are the two dispersed series of paintings to which this study is devoted. But both raise questions that are at once elegant and deeply engaging. Ostensibly, they treat of a journey by five seekers who set out to reach the realm of the great god, Shiva - walking barefoot through icy mountains and deep ravines, frozen rivers and moon-like rocks, running on the way into temptations and dangers the like of which no man before them had encountered - and, in the end, succeed. But as one goes through the narrative, the text visualized with brilliance sometimes by members of a talented family of Pahari painters.

ISBN 13: 9789391125356

ISBN 10: 9391125352

Edition: New Delhi

Year: 2021

Language: ENGLISH

Subject(s): Fine Arts, Fine Arts