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02976aam a2200397 i 4500 001 7561BEF2840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 180312t20182018caua bc 000 0 eng c 010 $a 2017042706 020 $a 0939117835 020 $a 9780939117833 035 $a (OCoLC)1003268839 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d BDX $d YDX $d ERASA $d BRZ $d DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a a------ 050 00 $a N7625.5 $b .D58 2018 082 00 $a 700.95/0905 $2 23 245 00 $a Divine bodies : $b sacred imagery in Asian art / $c Qamar Adamjee, Jeffrey Durham, and Karin G. Oen. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a San Francisco, CA : $b Asian Art Museum, $c [2018] 300 $a 118 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 26 cm 500 $a Published on the occasion of an exhibition presented at the Asian Art Museum--Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, March 9 - July 29, 2018. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 8 $a What happens when the divine is given a body? Have gods created humans in their image, or is it the other way around? How do people express their values through the forms with which they present their bodies?Divine Bodies is a thought-provoking Asian art history book that explores intriguing questions like these raised by the sacred art traditions of Asia. Approximately 45 artworks from the Asian Art Museum's renowned collection show how artists have envisioned the divine, imbuing it with forms that are meant to reflect supernatural qualities. Additionally, 20 contemporary photographs suggest how some artists today deal with questions about the body and its manifold expressions. The book explores how ideal beauty is interpreted in different Asian cultures, how that beauty can be transformed by altering the forms of the body, how deities maintain their identity despite changes to their form, and how divine beings are represented after their death. By viewing these deity-images, readers-whether religious or not-can perceive the messages that artists wish to convey. But Divine Bodies invites readers to do more than just recognize and relate to the meanings inscribed on divine bodies: it also shows how divine imagery shapes and reflects the daily experiences of ordinary people. 650 0 $a Human beings in art $v Exhibitions. 650 0 $a Art, Asian $y 21st century $x Themes, motives $v Exhibitions. 650 0 $a Hindu art $x Themes, motives $v Exhibitions. 650 0 $a Buddhist art $x Themes, motives $v Exhibitions. 700 12 $a Adamjee, Qamar. $t Seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of things in the spirit. 700 12 $a Durham, Jeffrey, $d 1966- $t Body and cosmos. 700 12 $a Oen, Karin G., $d 1978- $t Bodies of work. 710 2 $a Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, $e host institution. $e host institution. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217023301.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7561BEF2840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search