Speculations on the concept of indic frontality prompted by questions on portraiture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2163071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jayasinhji Jhala (Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-66 |
| Publication date | 1997-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Visual Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0894-9468 • E-ISSN: 1545-5920 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08949468.1997.9966719 |
| OpenAlex | W2087275696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper explores the Hindu notions of frontality in sculpture, painting and portraiture and accounts for reasons why this traditional posture continues to be a preference for depiction in India. Drawing on the religious practices found in puja or domestic worship, Hindu iconography and everyday social custom suggest the many varied arenas in which the frontal is a requisite to communication, regardless of whether that communication is with a deity, an ancestor or an elder. It suggests that artistic conventions are cultural preferences that are born of local need and serve definite social and psychological purposes even if these are not articulated in everyday utterance
Aesthetics · Ancestor · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Depiction · Epistemology · Everyday life · Hinduism · Iconography · Linguistics · Painting · Preference · Sculpture · Sociology · Utterance · Visual arts · Worship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Philosophy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2020 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |