Hindu Sculpture. The Many Faces of God
Description
Hinduism has long accepted additions—to its pantheon, philosophies, devotional practices—but it has never discarded its ancient traditions. As a result, the religion reveals both dizzying diversity and strong strains of continuity. Joan Cummins, Curator of Asian Art at Brooklyn Museum, looks primarily at sculptures from the exhibition From India East, to seek out the commonalities between seemingly disparate images of Hindu and Buddhist deities. The sculptures reveal a network of exchange and appropriation that is far richer and more complex than the simple eastward vector of influence that we expect to find in the history of Asian art.
Runtime
51 min 39 sec
Series
Subjects
- Art, Polynesian (12)
- Art (784)
- Anthropology (232)
- Ethnology (238)
- Religion (372)
- Rituals (40)
- Art, Asian (22)
- Art and architecture (679)
Database
Films on Demand
Direct Link
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