The Thief Who Stole My Heart: The Material Life of Sacred Bronzes from Chola India, 855-1280

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The first book to put the sacred and sensuous bronze statues from India's Chola dynasty in social context From the ninth through the thirteenth century, the Chola dynasty of southern India produced thousands of statues of Hindu deities, whose physical perfection was meant to reflect spiritual beauty and divine transcendence. During festivals, th

Vidya Dehejia is the Barbara Stoler Miller Professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University. Her many books include The Unfinished: Stone Carvers at Work on the Indian Subcontinent and The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India.

"The Thief Who Stole My Heart offers an expansive and complete immersion in a community still accessible to us through its exquisite sacred art." * Desi News *