Dogra Wall Paintings in Jammu and Kashmir

by Mira Seth

This study examines a unique group of wall paintings executed in the Jammu hills of Northern India in the first half of the 19th century. Seth explores the cultural background of the region and its artists, and provides details of the techniques and materials used in the paintings, which illustrate religious and secular themes familiar from Mughal and Rajput miniatures.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195615492
• ISBN13: 9780195615494
• Release Date: December 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages