Cham Sculptures from Viet Nam and Their Interface with Indian Art: From the Collection of Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculpture
This catalogue is the result of a collaborative project between Da Nang Museum of Cham Sculptures, Viet Nam and National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology, New Delhi. Fifty-three sculptures from the collection of the Da Nang Museum have been studied in detail along with Indian sculptures to trace the historic relations between India and Viet Nam in the domain of art for a better understanding of the shared traditions of the two countries. The synergies between Indian and Cham art is evident particularly in its early phase of development when Cham art shows interface with artistic traditions across the Indian subcontinent. This catalogue also highlights the deep understanding of the silpasastras that the Cham sculptors possessed as these sculptures often follow iconographic injunctions given in ancient texts. The Cham sculptors also brought forward the indigenous interpretation of Indian canons and developed their own unique iconography. Influence and inspirations that voyaged between India and Viet Nam travelled through other Southeast Asian countries like Cambodia, Indonesia etc., binding together the entire region of South and Southeast Asia in a close-knit fabric
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Vo Van Thang
Savita Kumari