Contributions

  • Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - Contributor

Publication

2016 - Asian Art Museum, California

Language

English

Word Count

66,500 words, Guess

Page Count

266 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100939117762
  • ISBN-100939117770
  • ISBN-139780939117765
  • ISBN-139780939117772
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016005075
and 6 more
  • OCLC Control Number936347633
  • Better World BooksO8-BTU-008
  • Better World Books9780939117765
  • Better World Books9780939117772
  • Better World BooksO6-DTK-087
  • Open LibraryOL27221797M

Classifications

  • DDC700/.48294592
  • LCCNX680.3.R35 R35 2016
  • LCCNX680.3.R35R35 2016

Description

"Exhibition catalogue for The Rama Epic--recounting the struggle of Prince Rama to defeat a powerful demonic king, rescue his abducted wife and reestablish virtuous order in the world. The epic has been a prime subject for visual and performing arts, literature and religious thought in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia for many centuries. A huge number of artworks of all kinds relating to the Rama legends have been made over the course of 1500 years in a dozen countries. This book illustrates some of the most important episodes involving the four primary characters: the hero, Rama; the heroine, Rama's wife Sita; the ally, Rama's faithful monkey lieutenant Hanuman; and the foe, the ten-headed demon king Ravana. The catalogue tells the story in a new light using more than 130 artworks, ranging from paintings to puppets to decorative arts to contemporary works to ephemera, inviting readers to find echoes of their own experiences in the stories and dilemmas of each of the characters"--

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