1. Sciences humaines et sociales, Lettres

EAN13
9782855391083
Éditeur
EFEO – École française d'Extrême-Orient
Date de publication
15 septembre 2011
Collection
COLL. INDOLOGIE
Nombre de pages
137
Dimensions
28 x 21 x 0,9 cm
Poids
650 g
Langue
eng

A Study In Nayaka-Period Social Life, Tiruppudaimarudur Paintings And Carvings

Jean Deloche

EFEO – École française d'Extrême-Orient

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The carvings and paintings of Tiruppudaimarudur bring "flesh and blood" to the "dry bones" of the published histories ot the Madurai Nayakas. In an extraordinarily lively manner, they show us the culture and socio-economic life of almost every part of society, from the king to the common man. They are, as it were, the photographs of the era!The methodology followed in this bokk is almost entirely based on a careful and systematic analysis of the range and multiplicity of the styles of dress and ornament worn by the figures represented in the scenes that have been painted and sculpted on the five tiers of the temple's gopura. We can thus identify the peolpe, detremine their ranks and discern the relations between social groups, whether officials, administrators, soldiers or commoners. This study offers us a veritable mirror of Nayaka times.
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