Jeannine Auboyer

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Jeannine Auboyer (born September 6, 1912 in Paris - † February 6, 1990 ) was a French curator of the Musée Guimet in Paris from 1965 to 1980 who undertook several archaeological expeditions to India and Cambodia and numerous French-language publications on the history and art history of India and Southeast Asia composed. She is known for her book about everyday life in ancient India (French: La Vie quotidienne dans l'Inde ancienne ) in the series La vie quotidienne, a record of ancient Indian rituals and customs, many of which are preserved in Indian society today.

Publications (selection)

  • La Vie quotidienne dans l'Inde ancienne. 1961
    • Daily Life in Ancient India from Approximately 200 Bc to 700 Ad. 1968. Translated from the French by Simon Watson Taylor.
  • Les arts de l'Asie orientale et de l'extrême-orient. Que sais-je? No. 77 . Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1976
  • with Herbert Härtel: India and Southeast Asia , 1971 Propylaea art history
  • Shapes and styles: Asia. With the collaboration of: Jeannine Auboyer, Michel Beurdeley, Jean Boisselier, Chantal Massonaud and Huguette Rousset. With a foreword by JH & explanations & 1. India-Pakistan-Afghanistan 2. Nepal 3. Tibet & Southeast Asia: 4. Sri Lanka 5. Burma 6. Thailand 7. Laos 8. Cambodia 9. Indonesia 10. Champa 11. Vietnam 12 The gestures of Buddha 13. China 14. Korea 15. Japan. Fourier Verlag, Wiesbaden 1988

literature

  • Jean-François Jarrige: "Jeannine Auboyer 1912-1990". In: Arts Asiatiques . 46, 1991, pp. 140-141 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Jeannine Auboyer (Encyclopedia Britannica)
  2. ↑ Contents include: An introduction to Indian life; Individual and collective existence; Royal and Aristocratic Existance; Etc.
personal data
SURNAME Auboyer, Jeannine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French curator of the Museé Guimet
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1990