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October 20, 2021 Comments are off
2021 – The Thief Who Stole My Heart
The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855–1280 Vidya Dehejia The first book to situate the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India’s Chola dynasty in social context From the ninth through the thirteenth centuries, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, these bronze sculptures—including Shiva, referred to in a saintly vision as “the thief who stole my heart”—were adorned with jewels and flowers and paraded thro
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October 19, 2021 Comments are off
2021 – India. A Story Through 100 Objects
Vidya Dehejia We are constantly surrounded by objects, by ‘things’ that channel and dictate our everyday life, ‘things’ that we take for granted. But these objects speak to us, and speak about us. They have a story to tell that reflects our values and aspirations, our achievements and dreams, and reveal more about us than we realize. This richly illustrated book focuses on 100 objects to tell a story of India that unravels in a series of thematic sections that allow the objects to take center stage. The stories that some objects tell will be new to readers; at other times, the objects
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July 17, 2015 Comments are off
2016 – A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts
65th A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Lectures:Spring 2016 To watch videos click on the lecture title. The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Chola Bronzes from South India, c. 855–1280 Sixty-Fifth A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Vidya Dehejia, Columbia University In this six-part lecture series entitled The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Chola Bronzes from South India, c. 855–1280, art historian Vidya Dehejia discusses the work of artists of Chola India who created exceptional bronzes of the god Shiva, in
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July 17, 2015 Comments are off
2015 -The Unfinished
Book: The Unfinished: Stone Carvers at Work on the Indian Subcontinent, Delhi: Roli Books, 2015 View PDF
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July 9, 2014 Comments are off
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