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Epic tales from ancient India : paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art

Title: Epic tales from ancient India : paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art / edited by Marika Sardar.
Author: San Diego Museum of Art, author, organizer, host institution.
Publication: [San Diego] : San Diego Museum of Art, [2016]

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Description

160 pages; 27 x 29 cm

Summary

"Exploring the topic of narrativity in Indian art, this beautiful and deeply researched book considers illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, the Ramayana, the Ragamala, and a range of texts in the Persian language, notably the Shahnama. Featuring stunning reproductions of paintings made between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art, the publication includes thorough and fascinating explanations of the narrative of each text, including how that narrative is visually conveyed. Essays examine why these particular stories are so enduring, why patrons may have chosen to have a copy of a particular text made for their own collections, and how artists responded to the challenge of creating new versions of venerable classics"--

Subject

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Indian Painting and the Art of Storytelling / Marika Sardar -- Incarnations of the Bhagavata / Neeraja Poddar -- The Ramayana and Other Tales of Rama / Marika Sardar -- Stories of Music, Love, and the Seasons: Ragamala Paintings / Marika Sardar -- Persian-Language Literature in India / Qamar Adamjee -- The Shahmana in India / Alka Patel.

Call Number

JQF 17-362

ISBN

9780300223729
0300223722

LCCN

2016036235

OCLC

YBP 2016036235

Author

San Diego Museum of Art, author, organizer, host institution.

Title

Epic tales from ancient India : paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art / edited by Marika Sardar.

Publisher

[San Diego] : San Diego Museum of Art, [2016]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Sardar, Marika, editor.

Princeton University. Art Museum, host institution.

Blanton Museum of Art, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQF 17-362

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