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050 00 $aN7307.O74$bW56 1996
082 00 $a704.9/48945922/095413$220
100 1 $aWilliams, Joanna Gottfried,$d1939-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81087311
245 14 $aThe two-headed deer :$billustrations of the Rāmāyaṇa in Orissa /$cJoanna Williams.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
263 $a9609
300 $a210 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCalifornia studies in the history of art ;$v34
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tA Note on the Use of Indian Terms --$g1.$tThe Story --$g2.$tTwo Pictorial Traditions --$g3.$tOrissan Sculpture of Ramayana Themes --$g4.$tThe Pictures - Scene by Scene --$g5.$tNarrative Strategies --$g6.$tWhy?
520 $aThis book concerns illustrations of the Ramayana, an epic poem with epic implications for contemporary India. Familiar to most Indians, the Ramayana is an ever-evolving tale of a prince, his bride, demons - their adventures and dilemmas. Williams studies the art of Orissa, where she interviewed artists and observed their methods. Orissa is located in rich rice-growing plains along the eastern coast between Bengal and Andhra, a region known for its elegantly carved and architecturally ambitious temples.
520 8 $aWilliams breaks new ground in considering Indian pictures as sequences that tell a story in distinctive ways. Her narratological study considers many familiar genres of visual art - illustrated manuscripts, drawings on palm-leaf paper, wall paintings, shadow plays, temple sculpture, painted cloth patas, and other popular and fine art. Williams points out that we often treat images designed to be seen in sequence as separate pictures.
520 8 $aInstead, she argues that for a series with narrative content, we must consider several images in sequence to understand how the story is told. To restrict oneself only to formal analysis is to omit dramatic qualities such as variety, surprise, and emotional development sustained over a sequence of images. Williams analyzes various works of the Ramayana scene by scene, discusses narrative strategies used by artists, and then offers interpretations of how and why the artists made their choices.
520 8 $a. Writing with elegant simplicity and clarity, Williams compares and analyzes across a variety of genres, offering a new model for art historians and other scholars. Anthropologists, folklorists, and scholars of literature and narratology will also find her work of value. The study is enhanced by a rich illustration program, including twelve images in color.
600 00 $aVālmīki.$tRāmāyaṇa$vIllustrations.
650 0 $aArt, Indic$zIndia$zOdisha.
650 0 $aNarrative art$zIndia$zOdisha.
830 0 $aCalifornia studies in the history of art ;$v34.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84740081
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852 00 $bbar$hN7307.O74$iW56 1996