Spirits in transcultural skies : auspicious and protective spirits in artefacts and architecture between East and West /: auspicious and protective spirits in artefacts and architecture between East and West. (2015)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Spirits in transcultural skies : auspicious and protective spirits in artefacts and architecture between East and West /: auspicious and protective spirits in artefacts and architecture between East and West. (2015)
- Main Title:
- Spirits in transcultural skies : auspicious and protective spirits in artefacts and architecture between East and West
- Further Information:
- Note: Niels Gutschow, Katharina Weiler, editors.
- Editors:
- Gutschow, Niels
Weiler, Katharina - Contents:
- The Goddess of Victory in Greek and Roman Art -- The Iconography of Zoroastrian Angelology in Sasanian Art and Architecture -- Angels as Agents of Transfer between Hebrew Origins, Byzantium and Western Europe. Marienberg in South Tyrol as a Case Study -- The Dragon in Transcultural Skies: Its Celestial Aspect in the Early and Medieval Islamic World -- Winged Immortals and Heavenly Beings Across the East Asian Skies -- How Celestial Spirits Became Winged in the Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal (Sixth to Nineteenth Century) -- Solomonic Angels in a Mughal Sky: The Wall Paintings of the Kala Burj at the Lahore Fort Revisited and Their Reception in Later South Asian and Qajar Art -- Ethereal Imagery: Symbolic Attributes in the Art and Architecture of India -- Entangled Visualities: Celestial Beings in Early Twentieth Century Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal -- Epilogue.
- Publisher Details:
- Cham : Springer
- Publication Date:
- 2015
- Copyright Date:
- 2015
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 221 pages), illustrations (some color)
- Subjects:
- 700/.4820211
Christian art and symbolism
Gods in art
ART -- Performance
ART -- Reference
Christian art and symbolism
Gods in art
Electronic books
Electronic books
Exhibition catalogs - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783319116327
3319116320 - Related ISBNs:
- 9783319116310
3319116312 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 3, 2015). - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.450753
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