Research Catalog

Title

Divine pleasures : painting from India's Rajput courts : the Kronos Collections / Terence McInerney ; with Steven M. Kossak and Navina Najat Haidar.

Author

McInerney, Terence

Publication

• New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]
• New Haven : distributed by Yale University Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kossak, Steven
• Haidar, Navina Najat
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Description

ix, 262 pages : color illustrations, map; 29 cm

Summary

"Particularly distinguished for paintings made for the Indian royal courts between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Kronos Collections feature brilliantly colored works characterized by powerful depictions of scenes from Hindu epics, mystical legends, and courtly life. The nearly 100 works in this catalogue--many of them illustrated here for the first time--represent a new way of seeking the divine through a form of personal devotion that had permeated India's Hindu community. While explaining the gods, demons, lovers, fantastical creatures, and mystical symbols central to Rajput literature and worship, this publication celebrates the diverse styles and traditions of Indian painting. Divine Pleasures presents a nuanced view of a way of life intimately tied to the seasons, the arts, and the spiritual." -- Publisher's description

Alternative Title

Kronos Collections

Subjects

• Miniature painting, Indic > Exhibitions
• Kossak, Steven > Art collections > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Rajput painting > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from June 14-September 11, 2016.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index.

Contents

Collecting pleasures / Steven M. Kossak -- Mughal court painting and the origins of Rajput court painting / Terence McInerney -- Hindu epic and myth in Mughal painting / Navina Najat Haidar -- The Kronos collections and Rajput court painting / Terence McInerney -- Early Rajput painting and Rajasthani court painting -- Early Indian paintings from the Punjab hills -- Later Indian paintings from the Punjab hills.

Call Number

JQF 17-28

ISBN

• 9781588395900
• 1588395901

OCLC

945793270

Author

McInerney, Terence, author.

Title

Divine pleasures : painting from India's Rajput courts : the Kronos Collections / Terence McInerney ; with Steven M. Kossak and Navina Najat Haidar.

Publisher

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]

Distributor

New Haven : distributed by Yale University Press, [2016]

Copyright Date

©2016

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index.

Added Author

Kossak, Steven, contributor.

Haidar, Navina Najat, contributor.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

JQF 17-28