| ISBN |
0934686262 (pbk.) |
| 9780934686266 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Diamond, Debra |
| Title |
Yoga : the art of transformation / [by] Debra Diamond |
| Publisher |
Washington, DC : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, 2013 |
| Physical desc. |
328 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm. |
| Note |
"Published by the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on the occasion of the exhibition Yoga: the art of transformation, October 19, 2013 - January 26, 2014. Organized by the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the exhibition travels to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, February 22-May 18, 2014, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, June 22-September 7, 2014." |
| CBL illustrations: p. [39], fig. 5 (In 05.178b); p. [58] (In 37.66r); p. 61, fig. 2 (In 05.73a); p. 62, fig. 3 (In 37.66b); p. 125 (In 02, f. 242a); p. 126 (In 11A.31); p. 151 (In 16.10a); p. 152 (In 16.18a); p. 153 (In 16.19a); p. 154, (In 16.20a) & (In16.21b); p. 155 (In 16.22a & In 16.24a); p. 156 (In 16.25a & In 16.26b); p. 158 (In 16.27b); p. 177 (In 05, f. 304b); p. 183 (In 73.3); p. 210 (In 37.23b); p. 211 (In 34.27a); p. 212 (In 37.28a); p. 213 (In 37, f. 44a); p. 220 (18f: In 65.2 & 18g: In 65.4); p. 221 (In 65.7). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319) and index. |
| Contents |
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: Pt. 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 -- Pt. 2: Landscapes of yoga. Asram and math -- Pilgrimage -- The cremation ground -- Pt. 3: Yoga in the Indian imagination, 16th-19th century. Yogis in the literary imagination -- Transcendence and desire in Ragamala paintings -- Mughal albums -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 5: Modern transformations. Vivekananda and rational spirituality -- Medical yoga -- Modern postural yoga. |
| Corporate name |
Freer Gallery of Art -- Exhibitions |
| Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 02 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 05 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 11A |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 16 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 37 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 65 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 73 |
| Yoga in art -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Indic -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic -- Exhibitions |
| Painting, Indic -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Freer Gallery of Art |
| Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) |
