ISBN:
9789004300545
Language:
English
Pages:
XXI, 319 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
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25 cm
Series Statement:
Brill's Indological library volume 48
Series Statement:
Brill's Indological library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Belli Bose, Melia Royal umbrellas of stone
DDC:
736/.509544
Keywords:
Rajput (Indic people) Social life and customs
;
Rajput (Indic people) Religion
;
Sepulchral monuments History
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies History
;
Rajput art History
;
Art and society History
;
Memory Social aspects
;
History
;
Politics and culture History
;
Group identity History
;
Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs
;
Rajput (Indic people) Social life and customs
;
Rajput (Indic people) Religion
;
Sepulchral monuments History
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Funeral rites and ceremonies History
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Rajput art History
;
Art and society History
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Memory Social aspects
;
History
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Politics and culture History
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Group identity History
;
India
;
Rajasthan
;
Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs
;
Radschputen
;
Bestattung
;
Kultur
;
Radschputen
;
König
;
Herrschaft
;
Symbol
;
Schirm
;
Radschputen
;
Bestattung
;
Kultur
;
Geschichte 1500-1925
;
Radschputen
;
König
;
Herrschaft
;
Symbol
;
Schirm
;
Geschichte 1500-1925
Abstract:
"In Royal Umbrellas of Stone : Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art, Melia Belli Bose provides the first analysis of Rajput chatrīs ('umbrellas'; cenotaphs) built between the sixteenth to early-twentieth centuries. New kings constructed chatrīs for their late fathers as statements legitimacy. During periods of political upheaval patrons introduced new forms and decorations to respond to current events and evoke a particular past. Offering detailed analyses of individual cenotaphs and engaging with art historical and epigraphic evidence, as well as ethnography and ritual, this book locates the chatrīs within their original social, political, and religious milieux. It also compares the chatrīs to other Rajput arts to understand how arts of different media targeted specific audiences"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
"In Royal Umbrellas of Stone : Memory, Politics, and Public Identity in Rajput Funerary Art, Melia Belli Bose provides the first analysis of Rajput chatrīs ('umbrellas'; cenotaphs) built between the sixteenth to early-twentieth centuries. New kings constructed chatrīs for their late fathers as statements legitimacy. During periods of political upheaval patrons introduced new forms and decorations to respond to current events and evoke a particular past. Offering detailed analyses of individual cenotaphs and engaging with art historical and epigraphic evidence, as well as ethnography and ritual, this book locates the chatrīs within their original social, political, and religious milieux. It also compares the chatrīs to other Rajput arts to understand how arts of different media targeted specific audiences"--Provided by publisher
Description / Table of Contents:
Chronological chart of Rajput and other dynastiesIntroduction: Rajputs and their royal umbrellas -- Interrupted continuities : the chatris of the Kachhwaha Rajputs of Amber and Jaipur -- Keeping up with the Kachhwahas : the chatris of the Narukas of Alwar, the Dadu Panthis, and the Shekhawati merchants -- A deceptive message of resistance : nostalgia and the early Jodha Rathores' renaissant devals -- Shifting allegiances, shifting styles : later Jodha Rathore memorials -- Devi Kund Sagar : the iconography of sati and its absence in Bikaner's chatris -- Eklingji's divine darbar : the Sisodia chatris of Mewar -- Conclusion: Beyond Rajasthan -- Glossary 299.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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