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
• 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).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.