Christian themes in Indian art : from the Mogul times till today

Author(s)

Bibliographic Information

Christian themes in Indian art : from the Mogul times till today

Anand Amaladass, Gudrun Löwner

Manohar, 2012

Available at  / 1 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Bibliography: p. 409-423

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is a pioneering work presenting Christian themes in Indian art from the beginnings of Christianity in India till today. The authors have, in the main, dealt with paintings and sculptures, but have supplemented this with one chapter on architecture, particularly that of church buildings, and one on popular art, including stamps. Over 1,100 rare coloured illustrations make this publication a unique reference book. It is the first complex treatment of the theme done in the last 25 years. Special emphasis is given to artists who as Hindus, Muslims and Parsees have chosen to paint Biblical themes. Already in the 16th century the encouraging and surprising encounter between European Christian prints and Indian miniature paintings took place. The Muslim Emperor Akbar invited three Jesuit missions from Goa to the Mogul court. Fascinated by European Madonnas and engravings, especially with Christian themes, he ordered his paintings to copy them in various ways. This was the start of a revolutionary fusion in Indian miniatures.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Maps
  • The Beginnings of an Intercultural Encounter -- The Indian Cultural Context
  • The First Christians in India
  • The Beginnings of the Mission in Goa
  • The Ivory Statuettes
  • Christian-Muslim Encounter -- The Missions of the Jesuits to the Mogul Court
  • The Ateliers of the Mogul Emperors
  • The Christian Miniatures
  • Eclectic VisionReligion
  • Muhammad Zaman
  • Begum Sumru, Baptized Johanna
  • The Bengali Artists -- The History Before the Bengal Renaissance
  • The Bengal Renaissance
  • Jamini Roy
  • Arup Das
  • Nikhil Biswas
  • Suhas Roy & Suman Roy
  • Sudip Roy
  • Additional Bengali Artists
  • The Non-Christian Artists -- Maqbool Fida Husain
  • Krishen Khanna
  • Jehangir Sabavala
  • Satish Gujral
  • Vishwanath Nageshkar
  • Anjolie Ela Menon
  • Ramachandran
  • Amrit & Rabindra Kaur Singh
  • Additional Non-Christian Artists
  • The Christian Artists -- Introduction
  • Francis Newton Souza
  • Alfred D Thomas
  • A X Trindade & Angela Trindade
  • Angelo da Fonseca
  • Vinayak Shivram Masoji
  • Frank Wesley
  • Soloman Raj
  • Sister Genevieve
  • Sister Claire
  • Jyoti Sahi
  • Lucy DSouza-Krone
  • Additional Christian Artists
  • South Indian Artists -- K C S Paniker
  • S Dhanapal
  • P V Janakiram
  • T R Mookiah
  • Alphonso Arul Doss
  • S P Jaykar
  • C J Anthony Doss
  • Folk Art Inspired Artists
  • Jesuit Artists
  • Younger South Indian Artists
  • Popular Christian Art -- Folk & Popular Art in India
  • Warli Paintings
  • Mother Mary Crossing the Religious Borders
  • Hindu Influence on Christian Devotion
  • Indian Stamps
  • Indian Church Architecture -- The Portuguese Period
  • The British Period
  • The Modern Period
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Indian Churches in Images
  • List of Christian Miniatures in India & Pakistan today
  • Glossary
  • Index.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

Page Top