Research Catalog

Title

The arts of Kashmir / Pratapaditya Pal ; with contributions by Frank Ames ... [et al.].

Author

Pal, Pratapaditya

Publication

New York : Asia Society ; Milan : 5 Continents, c2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ames, Frank
• Asia Society
• Cincinnati Art Museum

Description

223 p. : col. ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

"An important cultural bridge between the Indian subcontinent and regions to the west and east for over two millennia, the Kashmir Valley was a vibrant hub of intellectual activity for its Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim populations. Multiple cultural influences have fostered a unique artistic environment of diverse aesthetics, witnessed in this landmark exhibition of 130 sumptuous objects of exemplary quality, dating from the 2nd to the 20th centuries. The Arts of Kashmir comprises works of Buddhist, Hindu, and Islamic art, including sculpture, painting, and calligraphy loaned from collections in the U.S., Europe, and India. Many of the objects have never been seen outside of India; in some cases they have never been exhibited or published anywhere. To provide a sense of the broad artistic contributions of this famously lush and beautiful region, the exhibition includes examples of stone and bronze sculptures and manuscript paintings, in addition to the fine examples of papier-mache, carpets, shawls, and embroidery for which Kashmir is renowned."--Publisher's website.

Subject

• Decorative arts > India > Jammu and Kashmir > Exhibitions
• Jammu and Kashmir (India) > Civilization
• Jammu and Kashmir (India) > Civilization > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Arts of Kashmir, organized by the Asia Society, and exhibited at the Asia Society and Museum, New York, October 1, 2007 through January 6, 2008 and the Cincinnati Art Museum, June 28 throught September 21, 2008.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Nagas, monks, Tantriks, and poets: the intellectual and religious foundations for the arts of Kashmir in the ancient period (300-1400) / Gerald James Larson -- Religious architecture (500-1200) / John Siudmak -- Faith and form: religious sculpture in ancient Kashmir / Pratapaditya Pal -- Painting in ancient Kashmir (600-1200) / Pratapaditya Pal -- Between ancient and modern Kashmir: the rule and role of Sultans and Sufis (1200/1300-1600) / Simon Digby -- Buildings for piety and pleasure: architecture under the Sultans and the Mughals / Pratapaditya Pal -- Painting and calligraphy (1200-1900) / Pratapaditya Pal -- The romance of Kashmir crafts / Pratapaditya Pal -- Woven legends: carpets and shawls of Kashmir (1585-1870) / Frank Ames.

ISBN

• 9780878481071 (Asia Society)
• 0878481079 (Asia Society)
• 9788874394081 (5 Continents)
• 887439408X (5 Continents)

LCCN

^^2007931893

OCLC

• 181654697
• SCSB-10290924

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library