The sun : symbol of power and life / compiled and presented by Madanjeet Singh ; with contributions by Ahmad Hasan Dani ... [et al.] ; in cooperation with Helen Dickinson Baldwin ... [et al.].
Contributor(s): Singh, Madanjeet
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TextPublisher: New York : H.N. Abrams : Unesco, 1993Description: 400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cmISBN: 0810938383Subject(s): Sun -- In art | Sun worship | Art and societyGenre/Form: Art.Additional physical formats: Sun.DDC classification: 704.9/46 LOC classification: N8251.S6 | S86 1993| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-393) and index.
Sun in Japnese art and culture -- Sun in Japanese Buddhist culture -- Sun in Chinese culture -- Sun God in South Asia -- Solar universality of South Asian cultures -- Sun in Indonesian culture -- Solar rock art and cultures of Central Asia -- Khvar sun cult of Central Asia -- Sun in Zoroastrian culture -- Sun in Byzantine and Russian art -- Sun in Slavic cultures -- Sun in Greek art and culture -- Sun Gods of ancient Europe -- Sun in traditional French culture -- Solar culture in ancient Egypt -- Ambivalent sun of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sun in the Maya world -- Aztecs : people of the sun -- Inti, the Andean Sun God.
"Here, in more than 550 superb full-color illustrations, many never before published, is a glorious array of sun-related works of art from major museums, libraries, archaeological sites, and sun temples throughout the globe."--Jacket.
Gift; Gaston Petit, O.P.; 2020.
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