Head and Heart
Author: Mary Storm
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-08-12
Total Pages: 413
ISBN-13: 1317325567
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn extensive study of self-sacrificial images in Indian art, this book examines concepts such as head-offering, human sacrifice, blood, suicide, valour, self-immolation, and self-giving in the context of religion and politics to explore why these images were produced and how they became paradigms of heroism.