Seema Bawa
Biographic Data
| ID | 6298206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seema Bawa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seema |
| FAMILY NAME | Bawa |
| SIGNATURE | BAWA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2780-4960 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Cross-Cultural Exchange of Visual and Material Cultures
This article offers an investigation into sculptural artefacts from the early historic period. Most of the objects under study are small in size and are often found dismembered or in pieces. This is partly because of the fragility of the material—baked clay—but more often, because of the techniques of manufacture—whether owing to a weak armature (where used), incomplete baking or/and the pressing together of elements in the mould that has yielded…
Imaging and Imagining the Ef/feminine Body in the Historiography of Pre-modern Indian Art
The article delves into recent historical discourses that challenge Western colonial scholarship, which constructs Indian history in general and Indian art as ‘inferior’ in technical, aesthetic and even ‘moral’ terms. This informs the ideological and chronological choices of the archaeologists and art historians, who privileged ‘Greek and Buddhist’ art over early medieval art and architecture. This trope within colonial writings relegated Indian …
Visualising the Rāmayāṇa
This article seeks to explore the images based on the Rāmayāna tradition within archaeological, cultural and literary contexts in late fifth and early sixth century ce. It uncovers elements of politico-religious agency, art and historical knowledge. Narrative panels, spatially located largely in central and north India, narrativise the episodes set in the forest represented in the Aranya and Kiskindhākānda. Evolution of narrative complexities thr…
Stone Beads of South and Southeast Asia
Archaeological objects, even minute beads, are not mere objects simpliciter, rather they have layers of signification across many planes, be they archaeological, technological, scientific, relating
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Visualising the Rāmayāṇa
This article seeks to explore the images based on the Rāmayāna tradition within archaeological, cultural and literary contexts in late fifth and early sixth century ce. It uncovers elements of politico-religious agency, art and historical knowledge. Narrative panels, spatially located largely in central and north India, narrativise the episodes set in the forest represented in the Aranya and Kiskindhākānda. Evolution of narrative complexities thr…
Stone Beads of South and Southeast Asia
Archaeological objects, even minute beads, are not mere objects simpliciter, rather they have layers of signification across many planes, be they archaeological, technological, scientific, relating
Cross-Cultural Exchange of Visual and Material Cultures
This article offers an investigation into sculptural artefacts from the early historic period. Most of the objects under study are small in size and are often found dismembered or in pieces. This is partly because of the fragility of the material—baked clay—but more often, because of the techniques of manufacture—whether owing to a weak armature (where used), incomplete baking or/and the pressing together of elements in the mould that has yielded…
Imaging and Imagining the Ef/feminine Body in the Historiography of Pre-modern Indian Art
The article delves into recent historical discourses that challenge Western colonial scholarship, which constructs Indian history in general and Indian art as ‘inferior’ in technical, aesthetic and even ‘moral’ terms. This informs the ideological and chronological choices of the archaeologists and art historians, who privileged ‘Greek and Buddhist’ art over early medieval art and architecture. This trope within colonial writings relegated Indian …
Archaeology (3 works) · History (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Archaeological Research and Protection (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation (2 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (2 works) · Terracotta (2 works) · Ancient history (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work)