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From the ocean of painting : India's popular paintings, 1589 to the present

Title
From the ocean of painting : India's popular paintings, 1589 to the present / Barbara Rossi ; with contributions by Roy C. Craven, Jr. and Stuart Cary Welch.
Author
Rossi, Barbara, 1940-
Publication
New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.
Supplementary Content
  • Contributor biographical information
  • Publisher description

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  • Craven, Roy C.
  • Welch, Stuart Cary.
  • University of Iowa. Museum of Art.
  • David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art.
  • Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Description
xiv, 295 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm
Summary
A stunning collection of 101 works, spanning 400 years of popular painting in India, gives Western audiences a comprehensive collection of paintings largely unknown in Europe and the United States. The Chicago Art Institute's Barbara Rossi places these paintings in historical and cultural contexts and provides in-depth commentary on representative works. 58 color and 59 b & w photos.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • 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.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index.
Contents
Paintings from popular ritual traditions -- Paintings from popular iconic traditions -- Paintings from popular narrative traditions -- Paintings informed by sophisticated traditions -- Paintings on reverse glass -- Paintings serving didactic, divinatory, and other cultural functions -- Painting employed with other media in popular traditional artifacts.
Call Number
3-MAF 98-9623
ISBN
  • 0195111931
  • 9780195111934
  • 019511194X
  • 9780195111941
LCCN
97015810
OCLC
36908953
Author
Rossi, Barbara, 1940-
Title
From the ocean of painting : India's popular paintings, 1589 to the present / Barbara Rossi ; with contributions by Roy C. Craven, Jr. and Stuart Cary Welch.
Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c1998.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Added Author
Craven, Roy C.
Welch, Stuart Cary.
University of Iowa. Museum of Art.
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Other Form:
Online version: Rossi, Barbara, 1940- From the ocean of painting. New York : Oxford University Press, 1998 (OCoLC)891425494
Research Call Number
3-MAF 98-9623
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