From the Ocean of Painting: India's Popular Paintings, A.D.1589 to the Present - Softcover

Rossi, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019511194X ISBN 13: 9780195111941

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Over the centuries India, with its genius for painting, has developed myriad traditions and types of painting that constitute, collectively, an "ocean" of visual form. Yet books on Indian painting in the West have focused mainly on miniatures commissioned by Indian emperors and maharajas, with little attention given to popular painting - painting for the people. This book, based on a travelling exhibition that the author curated, is intended as a comprehensive overview of this diverse and fascinating material. It features 21 forms of Indian popular painting, with four-colour and black and white illustrations selected from 30 collections.

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Review:

"Informative, well researched, and accessible."--Library Journal"This beautiful book offers a look at 400 years of [a] wealth of visual material. "--Hungry Mind Review "Informative, well researched, and accessible."--Library Journal "This beautiful book offers a look at 400 years of [a] wealth of visual material. "--Hungry Mind Review "Informative, well researched, and accessible."--Library Journal "This beautiful book offers a look at 400 years of [a] wealth of visual material. "--Hungry Mind Review "Informative, well researched, and accessible."--Library Journal"This beautiful book offers a look at 400 years of [a] wealth of visual material. "--Hungry Mind Review

About the Author:

About the Author: Barbara Rossi is Professor of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 019511194X
• ISBN 13: 9780195111941
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 310