Description: Further DetailsTitle: Amarushataka Palm-Leaf ManuscriptCondition: NewFormat: HardbackISBN-10: 3907077210EAN: 9783907077214ISBN: 9783907077214Publisher: Museum Rietberg, SwitzerlandRelease Date: 12/15/2007Description: Around 1800, an anonymous engraver in Sharanakula, a small temple place on the southern coast of Orissa, illustrated a palm-leaf anthology of love poems. The one hundred Sanskrit quatrains, which are said to be the work of the 7th-century poet Amaru, describe the behaviour of enamoured couples, their longing for each other, the lovers' anxieties, their ecstatic joy as well as their doubts and sorrows.In India, these quatrains have at all times been cherished for their elegant language. Then, two hundred years ago, a great master-engraver visualised these verses in many small but meticulously executed and richly detailed illustrations. The erotic scenes in particular are of remarkable quality. While the verses are, without doubt, some of the greatest in the annals of Sanskrit literature, it is the illustrations of the work that have absorbed the authors here. The first part of the book is given to the poet and the poems, but then attention is turned to the intentions and acheivements of the painter. The authors attempt to follow his perception of the verses to comprehend how this Master visualised and rendered the refined Sanskrit verses into line drawings with such creative bearing and wit. 300 illustrationsLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CHGenre: Literary CriticismTopic: Architecture & AntiquesAuthor: No AuthorRelease Year: 2007 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript
Title: Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript
ISBN-10: 3907077210
EAN: 9783907077214
ISBN: 9783907077214
Release Date: 12/15/2007
Release Year: 2007
Country/Region of Manufacture: CH
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Architecture & Antiques
Number of Pages: 256 Pages
Publication Name: Amorous Delight : The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript, Illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula in the 19th Century (Orissa, India)
Language: English
Publisher: Holberton Publishing, Paul
Subject: Archaeology, Asian / General, Book, Subjects & Themes / General
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2008
Item Weight: 53.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Design, Art, Social Science
Author: Dinanath Pathy, Eberhard Fischer
Item Length: 12.1 in
Item Width: 9.3 in
Format: Hardcover
