Research Catalog

Title

• Gods, kings, and tigers : the art of Kotah / edited by Stuart Cary Welch ; essays by Stuart Cary Welch ... [et al.].

Publication

Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Asia Society. Galleries.
• Harvard University. Art Museums
• Museum Rietberg.
• Welch, Stuart Cary.

Description

223 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. table, col. map; 30 cm.

Summary

• Forces that shaped the Kotah style and especially the oeuvre of the recently identified Kotah Master. The volume analyzes conflicting historical accounts and provides the most accurate history of Kotah and its royal family published to date. Other subjects include the interrelation of paintings, poetry, and devotional practice, the techniques and materials employed by Kotah painters, and discussions of subject matter, dating, and artistic skills.
• Gods, Kings, and Tigers: The Art of Kotah focuses on the art of a single Rajasthani kingdom, founded during the early seventeenth century, and investigates in detail its political, religious, and cultural context. This volume provides the first in-depth examination of Kotah and its rulers, and highlights some 70 paintings and 10 items of royal regalia from the Kotah royal collection, including images of the gods (especially Krishna, the deity of the royal family and.
• Kingdom), and pictures of festivals and ceremonies. Scenes of Fort Kotah and day to day activities are also depicted, as well as vivid images of royal tiger hunts, which have often been compared with paintings by Henri Rousseau. Five ground-breaking essays on the art and history of Kotah, as well as entries on the individual works, are included in this volume, cataloguing a stunning exhibition held in North America and Europe. An art-historical introduction describes the.

Alternative Title

Art of Kotah

Subject

• Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic > Koṭā (Princely State) > Exhibitions
• Painting, Indic > Koṭā (Princely State) > Exhibitions
• Rajput painting > Koṭā (Princely State) > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Asia Society, N.Y., Mar. 1997, Harvard University Art Museums, Aug. 1997, Museum Rietberg, Nov. 1997.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-220).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Map of Kotah -- Foreword / James Cuno and Vishakha N. Desai -- Preface / H.H. Brijraj Singh -- Acknowledgments / Stuart Cary Welch -- Lineage Chart of the Royal Family -- Kotah's Lively Patrons and Artists / Stuart Cary Welch -- The History of Kotah in an Art-Historical Context / Joachim K. Bautze -- Picture Practice: Painting Programs, Manuscript Production, and Liturgical Performances at the Kotah Royal Palace / Woodman Taylor -- The King Is Dead, Long Live the King! Karmic Kin(g)ship in Kotah / Norbert Peabody -- Line and Color: Painting Materials and Techniques in Kotah / Craigen W. Bowen -- Catalogue -- App. Transliterated Inscriptions.

ISBN

• 0878480846 (softcover ed., not available to the trade : acid-free paper)
• 3791318055 (hardcover ed. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

^^^96080327^

OCLC

37140901

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library