Siva in Dance, Myth and Iconography

by Anne-Marie Gaston and Gaston

In this book, Anne-Marie Gaston, a professional exponent of several Indian classical dance styles, combines her knowledge of the oral and literary traditions of Bharata Natyam with an extensive review of Saivite sculpture. She demonstrates that sculptural depictions of Siva, and his manifestations in dance, have a common root in mythology, and shows the interdependence of the two arts through an examination of symbolic stances and postures of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195625951
• ISBN13: 9780195625950
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.3" x 9.7"