Goddess: Divine Energy

Description: Accompanying a major exhibition, this lavish and engaging book surveys the imaginative expressions of the divine female found in the art of India, Tibet and Nepal. Countless images of the goddess in Hindu and Buddhist art depict her variously as seductive, benevolent, malevolent: a loving mother, a compassionate saviour or rage personified. With her male counterpart she can be the compliant consort, the passionate lover, or a symbol of the non-duality of ultimate reality. Arranged thematically, to include sections on Prakriti, Goddesses in Hinduism, and Tantra, Goddesses in Buddhism. With 20 short chapters and illustrating ... (more)

Manufacturer: Art Gallery of New South Wales
Release date: 1 November 2006
ISBN-10 : 0734763964 | ISBN-13: 9780734763969

Tags: Art (1), Archetypes (1), High Priestess (1), Wisdom (1), Sophia (1), Goddesses (1), Divine Feminine (1)

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