Indian Painting: From Cave Temples to the Colonial PeriodFrom refined portraits of resplendent maharajas to earthy depictions of divine rogues cavorting with milkmaids, Indian miniature paintings depict the world as it should be: radiant, plentiful and passionate. These manuscript illustrations combine vibrant color with exquisite delicacy, offering immediate impact while also rewarding lengthy examination. Alone on the market, this beautiful volume presents the art form for non-specialists, surveying the most notable styles and periods of Indian painting and offering an introduction to the legends and historic personalities that inspire its entertaining subjects. The text covers such diverse topics as scriptures written on palm leaves, likenesses of favorite animals, images inspired by music, techniques and materials, and Indian reactions to European art. The Boston Museum of Fine Art's collection of Indian paintings, assembled by the esteemed scholar A. K. Coomaraswamy, is justly renowned as one of the finest in the world, and Indian Painting, one of the only readily available comprehensive histories of the subject, is the first book since Coomaraswamy's seminal catalogues of the 1920s to draw so extensively on the MFA's collection. It includes 120 of the most remarkable pieces, many of which are reproduced here in color for the first time |
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... decorative entertain- ment and scientific record , with individual artists . employed primarily in the making of genres that best suited their talents ( see plate 22 ) . All types of images were collected into albums . Many have now ...
... decorative entertain- ment and scientific record , with individual artists . employed primarily in the making of genres that best suited their talents ( see plate 22 ) . All types of images were collected into albums . Many have now ...
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... decorative features of Persian painting , making extensive use of gold paint and rich jewel and pastel tones . In keeping with Persian tradition , Deccani artists tended to rep- resent every element in a painting in its most perfect ...
... decorative features of Persian painting , making extensive use of gold paint and rich jewel and pastel tones . In keeping with Persian tradition , Deccani artists tended to rep- resent every element in a painting in its most perfect ...
Page 226
... decoration to be used in the Taj . 49. The page probably comes from the " Late Shah Jahan Album , " which contained ... Decorative Motif in Mughal Art , " in Aspects of Indian Art , ed . Pratapaditya Pal ( Los Angeles : Los Angeles ...
... decoration to be used in the Taj . 49. The page probably comes from the " Late Shah Jahan Album , " which contained ... Decorative Motif in Mughal Art , " in Aspects of Indian Art , ed . Pratapaditya Pal ( Los Angeles : Los Angeles ...
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