Yoga : the art of transformation / Debra Diamond ; with contributions by David Gordon Withe ...[et al.]

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Diamond, Debra

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C : Freer Gallery of Art ; Arthur M.Sackler Gallery, cop. 2013Description: 328 p. : il.col., fot.; 32 cmISBN:

9781588344595

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Conté: Essays : Yoga: the art of transformation / Debra Diamond -- Yoga in transformation / David Gordon White -- From guru to god: yogic prowess and places of practice in early-medieval India / Tamara I. Sears -- Muslim interpreters of yoga / Carl W. Ernst -- Yogis in Mughal India / James Mallinson -- Yoga, bodybuilding, and wrestling: metaphysical fitness / Joseph S. Alter -- Globalized modern yoga / Mark Singleton. Catalogue : Part 1. The path of yoga : Manifestations of Shiva ; Portraying the guru ; Yoginis ; Nath Siddhas ; Jain yoga: nonviolence for karmic purification ; Yoga and tapas: the Buddhists and Ajivikas ; Austerities ; Meditation ; Asana ; The cosmic body ; The subtle body ; The militant ascetic body ; Illusion and reality in the Yoga vasishta -- Part 2. Landscapes of yoga : Ashram and math ; Pilgrimage ; The cremation ground -- Part 3. Yoga in the Indian imagination, 16th-19th century : Yogis in the literary imagination ; Transcendence and desire in Ragamala paintings ; Mughal albums -- Part 4. Yoga in the transnational imagination, 18th-20th century : Company paintings ; Colonial photography ; The bed of nails: the exotic across borders and media ; Fakirs, fakers, and magic -- Part 5. Modern transformations : Vivekananda and rational spirituality ; Medical yoga ; Modern postural yoga -- Exhibition checklist -- Glossary

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Publicat per la Freer Gallery of Art i la Arthur M. Sackler Gallery en ocasió de l' exposició Yoga : the art of transformation, del 19 d'octubre de 2013 al 26 de Gener del 2014. Organitzada per Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, l'exposició viatja al Asian Art Museum of San Francisco el 22 de Febrer fins al 18 de maig del 2014 i al Cleveland Museum of Art del 22 de juny al 7 de setembre del 2014

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