From the ocean of painting : India's popular paintings, 1589 to the present
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From the ocean of painting : India's popular paintings, 1589 to the present
Oxford University Press, 1998
- : cloth
- : paper
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"Based on an exhibition presented by the University of Iowa Museum of Art, which traveled to the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art during 1994-95"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-280) and index
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: cloth ISBN 9780195111934
Description
Over the centuries India, with its genius for painting, has developed myriad traditions and types of painting that constitute, collectively, an "ocean" of visual form. Yet books on Indian painting in the West have focused mainly on miniatures commissioned by Indian emperors and maharajas, with little attention given to popular painting - painting for the people. This book, based on a travelling exhibition that that the curated, is intended as a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating material. It features 21 forms of Indian popular painting, with four-colour and black and white illustrations selected from 30 collections.
- Volume
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: paper ISBN 9780195111941
Description
Over the centuries India, with its genius for painting, has developed myriad traditions and types of painting that constitute, collectively, an "ocean" of visual form. Yet books on Indian painting in the West have focused mainly on miniatures commissioned by Indian emperors and maharajas, with little attention given to popular painting - painting for the people. This book, based on a travelling exhibition that the author curated, is intended as a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating material. It features 21 forms of Indian popular painting, with four-colour and black and white illustrations selected from 30 collections.
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