Epic tales from ancient India
Subtitle: paintings from the San Diego Museum of Art
By: edited by Marika Sardar
Contributors: Sardar, Marika, editor; Princeton University. Art Museum; Blanton Museum of Art
Publisher: San Diego Museum of Art
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780300223729
Subjects: Exhibitions; San Diego Museum of Art; ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General; ART / Asian; Indic Narrative painting; Indic literature; Art collections; Private collections; Illustrations; HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia; Painting
Description: "Exploring the topic of narrativity in Indian art, this beautiful and deeply researched book considers illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, the Ramayana, the Ragamala, and a range of texts in the Persian language, notably the Shahnama. Featuring stunning reproductions of paintings made between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art, the publication includes thorough and fascinating explanations of the narrative of each text, including how that narrative is visually conveyed. Essays examine why these particular stories are so enduring, why patrons may have chosen to have a copy of a particular text made for their own collections, and how artists responded to the challenge of creating new versions of venerable classics"--
Notes: Includes primary source material.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-160).
Table of contents: title: Indian Painting and the Art of Storytelling / Marika Sardar; title: Incarnations of the Bhagavata / Neeraja Poddar; title: The Ramayana and Other Tales of Rama / Marika Sardar; title: Stories of Music, Love, and the Seasons: Ragamala Paintings / Marika Sardar; title: Persian-Language Literature in India / Qamar Adamjee; title: The Shahmana in India / Alka Patel.