Watson Collection of Indian Miniatures at the Elvehjem Museum of Art

by Gautama V. Vajracharya and Chazen Museum of Art

Introducing a rich historical and religious context, Gautama V. Vajracharya offers an original, nuanced study of the iconography of Indian miniature paintings. Providing an extended analysis of 129 art works catalogued in this book, he explicates the gradual development and interrelationship of two styles of Indic miniature painting from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries: one commissioned by the Muslim Mughal rulers and the other by Hindu Rajput...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0932900895
• ISBN13: 9780932900890
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Chazen Museum of Art
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"