Temple Sculptures of Assam

The book presents a comprehensive and critical study regarding the ancient temple sculptures of Assam. The complete work focus upon the aesthetic as well as the historical aspects of the temple sculptures of Assam. The work highlights the sculptural development of Assam with special reference to the Daparbatiya Temple, Kamakhya Temple, Deoparbat Temple, Madan Kamdeva Temple, Pingaleswar Temple and Hayagriva Madhava Temple. A detailed study is accomplish to explore the sculptural motifs of the temples, which are further studied and classified into religious, secular, narrative scenes, erotic scenes, celestial dancers and musicians, flora and fauna, geometrical motifs etc. (jacket)

[Born in Shillong, Dr. Meghali Goswami is an art historian  and an art critic . She completed her school education in Pine Mount School Shillong and persuaded her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Guwahati College of Arts and Crafts Guwahati. Dr. Goswami completed her post graduation in History of Art from National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, New Delhi and obtained her Ph D from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee .To her credit Dr. Goswami has a number of research paper in international as well as national  journals. Dr Goswami also had authored a number of books in visual arts. She is also an editor of Canvas a bilingual Contemporary Art Magazine. She has been guiding a number of PhD scholars in the field of visual arts. She had served an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts Assam University Silchar. At present she is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art, Kala Bhavana, Visva Bharati University Santiniketan.]