This is the new and final version of the book, Performing Prowess: Essays on Localized Hindu Elements in Southeast Asian Art from Past to Present. It explores Hindu elements which have been localized in Southeast Asian art and culture from the ancient to contemporary periods.

This research it isn’t confined to António Joaquim Padrão (c. 1730-71) – marginal personality in the portuguese capital artistic scene, yet with a independent workshop operating in the city during the third quarter of the eighteenth century, working has a painter and engraver – historical-biographical reconstruction, nor to his artistic corpu…[Read more]