Following the Cap-Figure in Majapahit Temple Reliefs

A New Look at the Religious Function of East Javanese Temples, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

von Lydia Kieven

398 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Following male figures wearing a cap (cap-figures) in temple reliefs of the Javanese Majapahit period (ca. 1300-1500) leads to astonishing results on their meaning and function. The cap-figures, representing commoners, servants, warriors, noblemen, and most significantly Prince Panji, the hero from the East Javanese Panji stories, are unique to depictions of non-Indic narratives. The cap-figure constitutes a prominent example of Majapahit's creativity in new concepts of art, literature and religion, independent from the Indian influence. More than that, the symbolic meaning of the cap-figures leads to an esoteric level: a pilgrim who followed the depictions of the cap-figures and of Panji in the temples would have been guided to the Tantric doctrine within Hindu-Buddhist religion.This title is available online in its entirety in Open Access.

• Themen: Kunst Themen und Techniken Kunstgeschichte
• ISBN: 9789067183888
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18.07.2013
• Größe: 241 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Brill