The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless (Art & Imagination S.) – Shearer Alistair Bestseller

To the Hindu, the entire universe is a living being, and through the visual arts – ritualistic, compelling, often stunningly beautiful – that holistic awareness is made available to all. Long rejected by the West as alien and bizarre, Hindu imagery speaks a language that is at last beginning to be understood. Its extraordinary symbolism – elephant-headed and multi-armed deities, fierce demons and fabulous creatures – is a sophisticated iconography conveying universal religious truths. Uniting sensuousness a…