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Popular Indian art : Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India

Title
Popular Indian art : Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India / Erwin Neumayer, Christine Schelberger.
Author
Neumayer, Erwin, 1949-
Publication
New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Schelberger, Christine
  • Ravi Varma, 1848-1906
Description
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits (chiefly color); 30 cm
Summary
This book introduces the reader to modern Indian Hindu iconography. Well annotated and with a large number of rare oleographs, it will appeal to art historians and those interested in popular Indian culture.
Alternative Title
Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
1. The Magic Stone -- 2. The Printed Gods of India -- 3. Raja Ravi Varma -- 4. The Industrialization of Gods -- 5. Printing for Independence -- 6. The Beauty and the Censor -- 7. Matchsticks, Fireworks, and Icons.
ISBN
  • 0195658728
  • 9780195658729
LCCN
2003334757
OCLC
  • ocm51000416
  • 51000416
  • SCSB-1311014
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library