The intelligence of tradition in Rajput court painting / Molly Emma Aitken.

Author/creator Aitken, Molly Emma
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxi, 340 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction: the intelligence of tradition -- Structures of desire: an introduction to the court paintings of Rajasthan -- Interpreting style -- The formalities: form and function in Mewar portraiture -- Repetition and response: the case of Layla and Majnun -- Chokha's shringara (amorous) style: the painter as interpreter of his tradition -- Conclusion: the lives of Rajput pictorial forms from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009037050
ISBN9780300142297 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0300142293 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks ND1337.I5 A38 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold