ISBN:
978-615-5304-84-2
,
615-5304-84-X
Language:
English
Pages:
267 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Uniform Title:
ISTEN | NO. A Déví-kultusz és a hagyományos noi szerepek Indiában
Keywords:
Indien Frau
;
Frau und Kunst
;
Frau und Religion
;
Gottheit
;
Shaktismus
Abstract:
On the Indian subcontinent, the different regional cults of the Goddess, or Devi, as she is known in India, are rooted deep in the past. From the age of the Indus Valley Civilisation until the arrival of the globalised world of the twenty-first century, the people of India have long worshipped Devi, and continue to do so. The Goddess - like Hinduism itself - has many faces, and every different face and embodiment of Devi is accompanied by a wealth of different traditions. She is the youthful Beauty, who enchants mortals and gods alike. She is the faithful Wife, seated tenderly in her husband`s lap. She is the Mother, the birth-giver and creator of all humankind. But she is also the belligerent Warrior Goddess, who destroys evil and saves the world from catastrophe. There are, of course, many other types of beauties, wives, mothers and warriors in India. These are the earthly women: daughters, lovers and mothers. Even though they too are enchanting, caring, blessed with the creative force and fierce as a warrior, they have no temples dedicated to them, nor are sacrifices offered to them. Yet without woman, there would be no life in India, no society, religion or art. Is it not true that the Goddess is a woman? Is it not true that a woman plays the same roles as a goddess? If so, then why are women and goddesses viewed so differently in people`s eyes? The primary aim of the latest exhibition at the Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts is to present the different faces of Hindu Goddesses through the traditional female roles they fulfil. Where the Goddess appears as a beauty, a wife, a mother and a warrior, the exhibition seeks to answer the question of how these idealised female roles are manifested in earthly society. The objects on show range from classical Indian sculptures to contemporary graphic novels, underlining the continuity of subject and form between ancient and modern Hindu art. The majority of the exhibits are part of the Indian collection at the Hopp Museum, and they are joined by works reflecting the unique visual world of the living artist Abhishek Singh, which are centred on the identity of Devi. This is the first exhibition at the Hopp Museum for several decades to concentrate on Hindu art, and it encompasses the religious cults of the earliest days of Indian history, as well as the social roles and image of women today.
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue -- Godesses and women in Hindu religion -- Goddessses and women in Indian art -- Goddesses and women in contemporary India -- Epilogue -- Appendix
Note:
"This volume of essays accompanies the exhibition entitled GODDESS | WOMEN. Devi Cults and Traditional Female Roles in India. Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, 2018"; Titel erschien in ungarischer und englischer Sprache; Enthält 21 Beiträge; Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 249-267
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