Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal, , Alessandra Campoli, Vajra Publications, 9789937506090

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Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal

Alessandra Campoli (Author)

Synopsis Over the millennia, a still vibrant school of painting has been handed down in the female line in what used to be the Ancient Kingdom of Mithila. Janakpur, located in the Terai Region in Southern Nepal, is thought to have been the capital of the kingdom of Mithila from its foundation. The paintings have the purpose of attracting the deity's presence during the celebrations in his or her honour and a blessing on the family members of the house where they are painted.

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About the author

Alessandra Campoli

Alessandra Campoli (Rome- Italy, 1976), art historian, is specialist in iconography and iconology and anthropology of art. Since 2005 She has been the director of the Ev-K2-CNR’s project “Aesthetics of the body. Performance and religion in the Himalayas”.On the field of Southern Asian studies she is the author of la Montagna Divina. Iconografia e mito (Vajra Publications- Ev-K2- CNR Publications, kathmandu, 2007) and Chintamani: il gioiello degli dei, in S. Macioce (editor), “Ori nell’ arte” (Logart Press, Rome, 2007).

Bibliographic information

Title Ritual Art of the Kingdom of Mithila: Traditional Paintings by Janakpur Women in Nepal

Author Alessandra Campoli

Format Softcover

Date published: 24.07.2008

Edition 1st ed.

Publisher Vajra Publications

Language: English

isbn 9789937506090

length 158p., Colour Plates; Bibliography; 17cm.

Subjects Art and Architecture > Painting

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