Head and Heart: Valour and Self-Sacrifice in the Art of India - 9781138660311

An extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism.

• | Author: Mary Storm
• | Publisher: Routledge India
• | Publication Date: Jan 21, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 430 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/History
• | ISBN-10: 1138660310
• | ISBN-13: 9781138660311