{"product_id":"in-the-realm-of-gods-and-kings-arts-of-india","title":"In the Realm of Gods and Kings","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis volume celebrates the wealth and diversity of the arts of India created for the life of courts and temples from 1000 BC to the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \n\nPaintings, objects and photographs, ranging in date from the second century BC to the late twentieth century, reflect the variety and continuity of India's aesthetic traditions. Andrew Topsfield has contributed background essays describing aspects of Indian life related to the themes explored in the book: The Sacred Realm: Nature, Temple, Gods, Goddesses, Saint and Sadhus; The Court: Courtly Life, The Hunt, Royal Portraits, Couples and Women, Courtly Manuscripts.\n\nCatalogue entries by experts in the field comment on narrative episodes from the epics, iconographic symbolism, religious, as well as social and contextual references related to the works shown. An extensive and authoritative essay by Dr. Vishakha Desai, \u003ci\u003eThe Experience of Creativity in Indian Art,\u003c\/i\u003e is included as well as an essay by Cynthia Hazen Polsky,\u003ci\u003e To Beckon the Modern Eye.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\nEach work is fully illustrated and most of these works have not been previously published. \n\nThis book accompanied an exhibition of selections from the Polsky Collection and the Metropolitan Museum at the Asia Society, New York.","brand":"Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54192026485080,"sku":null,"price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781781300145__676f760c7bcf0.jpg?v=1741159551","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/in-the-realm-of-gods-and-kings-arts-of-india","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}