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Book Review
The Mirror of Gesture. Being the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikesvara
12/1917 | 177 | 31
Pages: 246
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Reviewer:
Child, Harold (Child, Harold; Child, Harold Hannyngton; C., H.; C., H. H.)
Subjects
subjects:
Dance / Indian / Mudras / Aesthetics
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The Mirror of Gesture. Being the Abhinaya Darpana of Nandikesvara | author: Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. , author: Duggilara, Gopala Kristnayya
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Hands and Feet in Indian Art
01/1914 | 130 | 24
Pages: 204-207+211
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Author:
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda; C., A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. K.; Coomaraswamy, A. R.; Coomaraswamy, Ananda R.)
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India
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Gesture / Mudras / Hands (body componenents) / Feet (body components) / Iconography / Sculpture / Indian
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Sources / Buddhist / Yoga
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Indian sculpture
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Non-western art unattributed:
A. Hands of a Buddhist image, in abhaya and vara mudrā. Copper. Perhaps about 14th century. Author's collection. Hands and Feet in Indian Art
Non-western art unattributed:
B. Hand of an image of Buddha, in vitarka mudrā. Copper. 6th century. Buddhavānī, Madras Presidency. British Museum. C. Hand of a Bodhisattva holding a vessel of amrita (nectar of life). Slate. Gandhara; 1st-2nd century A. D. Collection of Mme. Michel. D. Hand of an image of Tārā (Buddhist saviouress). Nepalese. about 16th century. Collection of Hon. Maharajah of Cossim Bazar. E, F. Feet of an image of Natarāja (Siva as Lord of the Dance) Copper. Anurādhapura, Ceylon; about 8th-10th century. Colombo Museum. Hands and Feet in Indian Art
Non-western art unattributed:
Figure 14. Dancer, Ajanta painting 6th-7th century. Traced by Babu Samarendranath Gupta.
Non-western art unattributed:
Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9. Hands from Jain and Hindu images in the Madras Museum. From sketches by Mr. S. Hadaway. Originals 10th-17th century. Figure 5. Hand of a Bodhisattva, holding a rosary. Copper. Java, anterior to 14th century. Collection of M. Alphonse Kann. Figure 7. Hand from a rock painting of the 5th century at Sigiriya, Ceylon. Traced from a photograph of a copy in the Colombo Museum. Figures 8, 11, 12, 13. Hands and feet from Ajanta paintings, 6th-7th century. Traced by Babu Samarendranath Gupta. Figure 10. Hand from a fragment of a Rajput painting (Jaipur) of the 18th century, author's collection.