: shared traditions, multiple histories Himanshu Prabha Ray creator Himanshu Prabha Ray text Aesthetics, Comparative-Architecture xxu New Delhi : Manohar Publishers & Distributors : Distributed in South Asia by Foundation Books , 2007 monographic eng

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ix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Contributed articles emanating from two conferences held at India International Centre, New Delhi on April 26-27, 2004, and Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla on October 25-27, 2004; part of IIC-Asia Project. Aesthetic theories underlying Asian performing arts / Kapila Vatsyayan -- Śūnya : immanent and transcendent : investigating meanings of void through art's space / Sung-Min Kim -- The stūpa : symbolizing religious architecture in Asia / Himanshu Prabha Ray -- Merchants, Ghazis, and the inception of an "Islamic" architecture in South Asia / Alka Patel -- Marks and symbols of professionals on Mughal monuments / Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi -- Spatial organization of Paharpur Buddhist establishment / Sandrine Gill -- A study of living culture : typo-morphology of vernacular traditional houses in Kerala / Indah Widiastuti -- Avalokiteśvara as continuing theogony of interiorization / Lokesh Chandra -- The flying messenger / Kapila Vatsyayan -- The Saiva pantheon in Indonesia : acculturation/assimilation/convergence? / Nilima Chitgopekar -- Kāla-Makara-Toranas : Javanese expressions of a shared motif / Parul Pandya Dhar -- Questioning narrativity and inscribed labels : Buddhist Bharhut, Sannati, and Borobudur / Vidya Dehejia -- Understanding the painted Jatakas in ancient India and Sri Lanka / M. Somathilake -- Crown jewels of Buddhist art : comparisons between Ajanta and Dunhuang / Chang Wen-Ling -- A system of knowledge transmission : the narrative in Indonesia (c. AD 700-900) / Malini Saran -- A comparative study of the Wayang Kulit and the Tolpavakoothu shadow puppet theatre / I. Nyoman Sedana. /Himanshu Prabha Ray Art, Asian--Indic influences 700.95 9788173047268 Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P)LTD. ;7/22,Anasri Road, Daryaganj,New Delhi-110002 180828 20180828142701.0