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Krishna in the Garden of Assam
The history and context of a much-travelled textile
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This book will appeal to readers interested in Indian art and culture, textile history, religious studies, and those fascinated by the legacy of Krishna worship in Eastern India.
Looks at the art, technique and iconography of the textile and also place it within its wider religious, cultural and geographical contexts. This book traces the fascinating history and its journey from Assam to London.
This beautiful and rare textile, now in the British Museum, was produced in the late seventeenth century in the wake of the remarkable outflow of Krishna veneration resulting from the ministry of the great eastern Indian saint, Sankaradava (died 1568). The author looks at the art, technique and iconography of the textile and also place it within its wider religious, cultural and geographical contexts. He traces, too, its fascinating history and its journey from Assam to London.
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This beautiful and rare textile, now in the British Museum, was produced in the late seventeenth century in the wake of the remarkable outflow of Krishna veneration resulting from the ministry of the great eastern Indian saint, Sankaradava (died 1568).
Nine metres in length, it is made up of twelve strips, all now sewn together, and woven with captioned scenes from the life of Krishna as recorded in the tenth-century text, the Bhagavata Purana, and elaborated in the dramas of Sankaradeva. The author looks at the art, technique and iconography of the textile and also places it within its wider religious, cultural and geographical contexts.
He traces, too, its fascinating history and its journey from Assam to London.
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ISBN: 9780714124872
Publisher: British Museum Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 March 2016
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: British Museum Press
Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 190.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 390g
Pages: 96
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About the Author
Richard T. Blurton is curator of Ancient and Medieval South Asia at the British Museum. His publications include Bengali Myths and Hindu Art.
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