Indian Miniature Painting"This book traces the development of Indian miniature painting from the Bagh caves to the Sikh school. Progressing chronologically, the author analyses the works of each school or rather the centre where various trends in art would either be transformed or gain prominence, or disappear depending upon the prevalent style. The miniatures often provide true records of the social and cultural life of the time. Working even in conventional forms, the Indian miniaturists have captured the spirit and mood of the subject matter in minutest details--the romance and passion of lovers, the frolics of Radha and Krishna, the royal splendour of the princes, the valor and courage on the battlefields, etc. The eighty beautiful miniatures reproduced, sixty-two of them in colour, show the originality of their subject matter, their vibrant colours and refined treatment of details."--book jacket. |
Contents
List of Illustrations | 6 |
Deccani Miniature | 24 |
Provincial Mughal Painting | 46 |
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Abul-Fazl Adil Shah Ahmadnagar Ajanta Akbar Akbar-nama artists Aurangzeb background Basohli paintings beauty Bhagavata-purana Bhup Singh Bijapur Bundi painting centre of painting century Chamba Chandigarh Museum collection colours Deccan Delhi Delhi PLATE delight depicted Edwin Binney elephant Emperor favourite female flowers Fyzabad garden Garhwal Gita Govinda gopis Govardhan Chand Guler Hindu illustrated India Jagat Singh Jahangir Jai Singh Jain paintings Jaipur Jodhpur Kangra painting Khan Kishangarh Kotah Krishna Kulu lady Lahore lotus lover Lucknow Mughal painting Mughal style Muhammad Shah Muslim National Museum Nawab Nayika nobles number of paintings Nurpur Oudh Oudh-Lucknow painters painting plate Pala palace patron patronage peacocks Persian portrait Pratap Singh prince Punjab Hills Radha and Krishna raga Ragamala Ragamala paintings Ragini Raj Singh Raja Rajasthan Rasamanjari reign ruler Sansar Chand Sawant Singh seated series of paintings Shah Jahan Shahi shown Shuja-ud-daulah Sikh style of painting theme throne Tira-Sujanpur trees Udaipur Wajid Ali Shah women