Jain Art from India: The Peaceful Liberators

Pratapaditya Pal (Author), S. K. Andhare (Writer of added text), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Issuing body, Host institution), Kimbell Art Museum (Host institution), New Orleans Museum of Art (Host institution), Victoria and Albert Museum (Host institution)

ISBN 10: 050001650X / ISBN 13: 9780500016503

Published by Thames and Hudson ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York, Los Angeles, California, 1995

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279 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, November 6, 1994-January 22, 1995; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, March 5-May 28, 1995; New Orleans Museum of Art, July 15-September 17, 1995; Victoria and Albert Museum, November 2, 1995-January 21, 1996. Contents: Preface / Pratapaditya Pal Note to reader and map of India Introduction / Pratapaditya Pal Following the Jina, worshiping the Jina: an essay on Jain rituals / John E. Cort Are Jains really Hindus? Some parallels and differences between Jain and Hindu philosophies / Gerald James Larson Jain pilgrimage: in memory and celebration of the Jinas / Phyllis Granoff Jain monumental painting / Shridar Andhare Jain manuscript painting / John Guy Catalogue of the exhibition. Architectural pieces ; Ritual objects and symbols ; Images of Jinas ; Images of deities ; The art of the book ; The cosmic and mortal realms.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jain Art from India: The Peaceful Liberators
• Publisher: Thames and Hudson ; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, New York, Los Angeles, California
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 050001650X
• ISBN 13: 9780500016503
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art
  • India

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Synopsis

Jainism (together with Hinduism and Buddhism) is one of the three major world religions to have emerged in India. It has been continously practised since at least the 6th century BC and currently has a following of some six million people. Over the course of two millennia the Jains have produced a diversive and vital range of art which has hitherto been little known in the West. Illustrated with examples from all ages, it provides a comprehensive introduction to the art of the Jains and an insight into the practices, principles and beliefs of the religion. In a detailed introduction Pratapaditya Pal, presents a history of Jainism and describes the different forms of art produced in each period: decorated temples and shrines; images of wood, stone and bronze; illuminated manuscripts; cloth paintings; architectural reliefs and votive tablets - all bearing their own religious significance. The volume also includes an examination of Jain ritual and philosophical thought, an account of the Jain pilgrimages, and illuminating overviews of Jain cosmological painting and manuscript illustration. It is published to accompany a travelling exhibition of Jain art which will be shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum in November 1995.