Head and heart : valour and self-sacrifice in the art of India /

An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mary Storm
Format: Printed Book
Published: New Delhi : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:
Art > India.
Self-sacrifice > India.
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