Four Centuries of Rajput Painting: Mewar, Marwar and Dhundhar Indian Miniatures from the Collection of Isabella and Vicky DucrotThis remarkable catalogue represents one of the richest-known repertoires of Indian painting, as it documents almost all the schools of painting in India, and in particular those of the Rajput courts. The most significant miniatures come from the courts of the three main dynasties of Rajasthan, those of the Sisodia, Rathore, and Kachwaha clans. The collection also contains important examples of Mughal and Deccan painting, a group of thirty-six Pahari pictures and paintings from Central India. The volume presents, through stunning images, a lavish selection of pictorial illustrations of sacred and literary texts, documenting the stylistic features and choices of theme of various cultural and religious areas of India between the sixteenth and eighteenth-centuries. But it also provides important information on the painters, customs, and cultural interests of the different royal courts and on the types of text illustrated. It's an invaluable aid for anyone who wishes to get to know and understand the multifaceted art of the Indian subcontinent. |
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... Rajput paintings : I have been educated in a Western mould , and have a solid knowledge of Western painting , sculpture , music and architec- ture : in India I was looking for a different artistic and visual experience , and Mughal ...
... Rajput principalities of Orcha and Datia a local school of painting flourished until the beginning of the nineteenth century . In the Punjab Hills , ( now the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal ) a number of Rajput ...
... Rajput Painting at Bundi and Kota . Ascona : Artibus Asiae Pub- lishers , supplement XXXII , 1974 . Beach , Milo C. Mughal and Rajput Paint- ing ( Volume III , The New Cambridge History of India ) . Cambridge : Cam- bridge University ...
Contents
Foreword Dr Daljeet | 7 |
Collection of Indian Art in Italy Rosa Maria Cimino | 11 |
Introduction Vicky Ducrot | 15 |
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