Yoga : the art of transformation

by Debra Diamond

Other authorsCarl W. Ernst (Contributor), David Gordon White (Contributor), James Mallinson (Contributor), Joseph S. Alter (Contributor), Mark Singleton (Contributor), Sita Reddy (Contributor), Tamara I Sears (Contributor)

Hardcover, 2013

Publication

Imprint: Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, c2013. Context: 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. Edition: First edition. Responsibility: Debra Diamond ; David Gordon White, Tamara I. Sears, Carl W. Ernst, James Mallinson, Joseph S. Alter, Mark Singleton, Sita Reddy ; with contributions by Molly Emma Aitken, Christopher Key Chapple, Robert DeCaroli, Jessica Farquhar, B.N. Goswamy, Navina Haidar, Amy Landau, Holly Shaffer and Tom Vick. OCLC Number: 828484013. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 328 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary, index, notes, contributor profiles.

Call number

Art / Diamo

Barcode

BK-07888

ISBN

9781588344595

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Arts and Letters

CSS Library Notes

Description: Yoga: The Art of Transformation is the companion book to the first ever exhibition of the visual history of yoga, a discipline that is thousands of years old and practiced today by millions of people. Like the Smithsonian's Sackler Gallery exhibit, this large pictorial uses a wealth of materials from ancient stone and bronze temple sculptures to early 20th century photographs to illuminate yoga's central tenets and its still partly un-delineated traditions. Explore the discipline's goals of spiritual enlightenment, worldly power, and health and well-being through the beauty and profundity of Indian art.

Table of 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 : Part 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 --
Part 2. Landscapes of yoga : Ashram and math ; Pilgrimage ; The cremation ground --
Part 3. Yoga in the Indian imagination, 16th-19th century : Yogis in the literary imagination ; Transcendence and desire in Ragamala paintings ; Mughal albums --
Part 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 --
Part 5. Modern transformations : Vivekananda and rational spirituality ; Medical yoga ; Modern postural yoga --
Exhibition checklist --
Glossary.

FY2018 /

Physical description

328 p.; 32 cm

Awards

Alice Award (Shortlist — 2014)

Description

"An exploration of yoga's meanings and transformations over time; the discipline's goals of spiritual enlightenment, worldly power, and health and well-being; and the beauty and profundity of Indian art."