Reading Śiva

An Illustrated Selection from the ABIA Online Bibliography on the Arts and Material Culture of South and Southeast Asia
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-47299-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 654 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1357 g

Reihe: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia

Reading Siva is an illustrated bibliography on the Hindu god Siva in the arts, crafts, coins, seals and inscriptions from South and Southeast Asia. It results from a century of ABIA bibliographic work and covers over 1500 academic publications since 1672. This scholarly and multi-disciplinary volume offers keyword-indexed annotations. The detailed indices on authors, geographic terms and subjects enable an easy search through the data. Links with the entries to resource repositories (such as JSTOR, Persée, Project MUSE, Academia.edu, ResearchGate and the Internet Archive) and links added to the sumptuous illustrations immediately take you to these resource sites.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Raven, Ellen

Theuns-De Boer, Gerda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen: Religiöse Themen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Hinduismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Asiatische Kunst
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Bibliographien, Kataloge

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Bibliographical Records

Part 1: Archaeology

The Lingam

Illustrations ‘The Lingam’

Part 2: Arts

Siva Benign and Wrathful

Illustrations ‘Siva Benign and Wrathful’

Part 2: Arts (continued)

Siva and His Family

Illustrations ‘Siva and His family’

Part 2: Arts (continued)

Siva Dancing

Illustrations ‘Siva Dancing’

Part 3: Inscriptions, Coins and Seals

Around Siva

Illustrations ‘Around Siva’

Index of Authors

Index of Geography

Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Ellen M. Raven, PhD (1991) Leiden University, is lecturer in South Asian arts and material culture and editor for the ABIA bibliography since 1996. Her research focuses on iconography and numismatics of India, in particular the gold coins of the Guptas.

Gerda Theuns-de Boer, MA (1990), Utrecht University, is an art historian for South and Southeast Asian art, and editor for the ABIA bibliography since 2003. She is an independent scholar and guest curator for early photography and textiles projects.