Folk Origins of Indian Art

New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good + in Very Good DJ. Hardcover. "This book complements in a novel and important way the numerous publications which have reflected the mounting interest in Indian religion and art in recent times. The sanctuaries and imageries of India's back country have heretofore found but scant reproduction, the non-scriptural roots of her religion no more than incidental consideration. The present exploration of the pertinent iconographic, mythological, and linguistic evidence provides a new insight into the non-Vedic, non-Aryan components of Hinduism. The photographic research of conventional and folk iconography, conducted on three extensive trips through the untraveled and unfamiliar back country of central India, has furnished the basis for the author's interpretations and conclusions" (jacket).

Oblong 4to. Red cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Interior is clean and bright and filled with photographic illustrations including many in full color. Olive green price clipped jacket with black and white title to front panel and to spine. Minor wear to jacket edges including chipping, creasing and a few closed tears. Fading to spine. Index, 245 pages. ART/021809.