Visualizing Devotion: Jain Embroidered Shrine Hangings - Brossura

Syona Puliady; Steven M. Vose

 
9780998044576: Visualizing Devotion: Jain Embroidered Shrine Hangings
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ISBN 10: 0998044571 ISBN 13: 9780998044576
Casa editrice: Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S., 2025

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This beautifully illustrated volume highlights Jain devotional textiles (choḍs) from the Ronald and Maxine Linde Collection at UCLA's Fowler Museum. Fashioned in the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Maharashtra, these works of velvet and sateen cloth, lavishly embroidered with gold and silver gilt thread, depict Jain mythology, influential spiritual teachers, sacred sites, and ritual traditions. Visualizing Devotion delves into the innovative material approaches taken by the creators of choḍs, the captivating religious stories they convey, and the social lives of these objects in Jain communities. They offer a mode of devotional patronage to lay people, who frequently commission them as gifts for places of worship in recognition of deceased relatives or upon completion of important rituals, such as monastic initiation or a lengthy fast.

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Editore
Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S.
Data di pubblicazione
2025
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0998044571
ISBN 13 
9780998044576
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
186
Redattore
Syona Puliady
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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