Painters, Paintings and Books: An Essay on Indo-Persian Technical Literature, 12-19th Centuries

by Yves Porter

The work aims at bringing the Persian texts into the study of the arts and technology of the Indo-lranian world - an approach much neglected so far. Drawing upon Persian sources (both from Iran and India), viz., technical treatises, historical chronicles and poetical texts, the work deals with painting and the art of book making during twelfth to nineteenth century.
The introduction presents the geographical and chronological dimensions of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367534940
• ISBN13: 9780367534943
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"