Hardcover
1993 · New York
by Singh, Madanjeet (Compiler)
New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc, 1993. Hardcover. New copy. Black cloth with red color illustrated dustjacket. 400 pp., over 550 color plates. Contents as follows: Sun in Japnese art and culture -- Sun in Japanese Buddhist culture -- Sun in Chinese culture -- Sun God in South Asia -- Solar universality of South Asian cultures -- Sun in Indonesian culture -- Solar rock art and cultures of Central Asia -- Khvar sun cult of Central Asia -- Sun in Zoroastrian culture -- Sun in Byzantine and Russian art -- Sun in Slavic cultures -- Sun in Greek art and culture -- Sun Gods of ancient Europe -- Sun in traditional French culture -- Solar culture in ancient Egypt -- Ambivalent sun of Sub-Saharan Africa -- Sun in the Maya world -- Aztecs : people of the sun -- Inti, the Andean Sun God. "Here, in more than 550 superb full-color illustrations, many never before published, is a glorious array of sun-related works of art from major museums, libraries, archaeological sites, and sun temples throughout the globe."--Jacket.
(Inventory #: 168412)