From the Ocean of Painting: India's Popular Paintings, 1589 to the Present

by Barbara Rossi

Book Overview

Stretching back over millennia and comprising a myriad of traditions, the art of painting in India is as rich, as varied, and as intriguing as any in the world. Treatments of Indian painting in Europe and the United States, however, have focused mostly on miniatures commissioned by India's emperors and maharajas and have largely ignored the many splendid types of painting prepared for India's common peoples.
Now, in this groundbreaking publication,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019511194X
• ISBN13: 9780195111941
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.5" x 10.1"