The spirit of Indian painting : close encounters with 101 great works, 1100-1900
B. N. Goswamy (Author)
"Through close encounters with over a hundred carefully selected works, spanning nearly a thousand years, and ranging from Jain manuscripts and Pahari and Mughal miniatures to Company School paintings, B.N. Goswamy unlocks the many treasures that lie within Indian painting. In an illuminating introduction, and as Goswamy relates the stories behind each work and deciphers the visual vocabulary and language of the painters, he brings to life the cultural, social, and political milieu in which they were created. Lavishly illustrated, and combining erudition with great storytelling, The Spirit of Indian Painting reveals the beauty of this richly varied body of work in a new and brilliant light."--Publisher's description
Nonfiction
1 online resource : color illustrations
9789351188629, 9351188620
1057461575
A layered world
Close encounters with 101 great works
Visions. Hiranyagarbha: the cosmic egg
A Bodhisattva, possibly Ratnapani
The goddess green Tara dispenses boons
The heavenly court of Indra
Rival armies meet across the river
Krishna subdues Trinavarta, the whirlwind demon
Umar slays a dragon with Naphtha
The prophet Ilyas rescues a prince
The great goddess in her Chamunda form
Neptune, lord of the seas
The speaking tree
The virgin and child
The goddess Saraswati enthroned
The house of Bijapur
Rama, Sita and Lakshmana in exile
King Kamsa in his inner apartments
Kamsa attempts to kill the newborn child
The celestial chariot
Krishna lifting the Mount Govardhan
The Devi rides in state
Shiva, ever solicitous of his other half
Shiva and Parvati among the clouds
Indra dancing
Meru, the golden mountain
Vasudeva takes the infant Krishna across the Yamuna River
The great goddess battles the demons
Rasamandala: the eternal dance
The house of the Pandavas is set on fire
The emergence of Varaha: boar incarnation of Vishnu
A boat adrift on a river
The Devi diagram
Rama, Sita and Lakshmana cross the Ganga
King Dasharatha's cremation
Shiva and his family
Vishvarupa: the cosmic form of Krishna
Krishna storms the citadel of Narakasura
Three aspects of the absolute
Observation. A chameleon
Learned disputations between Jain monks
Portrait of the Emperor Akbar
A young scholar
Two camels fighting
'When the lamp of life in extinguished'
Perils of the hunt
A mine explodes during the siege of Chittor
Ibrahim Adil Shah II
An old Sufi
Jahangir with a portrait of Akbar
Jahangir preferring a Sufi Shaikh to kings
Jahangir takes aim at poverty
The emperor Jahangir giving audience
Two tulips and an Iris
The dying man: Inayat Khan
Jahangir receives prince Khurram
The capture and death of Khan Jahan Lodi
An encampment in the hills
The Rao of Kutch's procession outside Anjar
Raja Sidh Sen of Mandi: an informal portrait
Raja Balwant Singh examining a painting with Nainsukh
Villagers around a fire
The Krishna story enacted: the Rasalila continues in the Mewar Royal Palace
A royal tiger hunt
Rao Ram Singh I of Kota pursuing a Rhinoceros
Rawat Gokul Das of Deogarh at Singh Sagar
Two portraits of Kala, the sepoy
Maharaja Narinder Singh of Patiala in procession
Portrait of a priestly figure
A lady of rank
A group of courtesans
Passion. A elopement
longing and union
Remembering that fawn-eyed beauty
The musical mode of Gaudi Ragini
Raga Vasanta
Radha and Krishna exchanging roles
Gazing fondly into the mirror
The longings of love
Distraught Krishna
A glimpse of the loved one
The bower of quiet passion
The boat of love
To set out with eagerness: the Abhisarika heroine
'Unending passion': the Ratipriya heroine
'As desire rises'
'Abashed at her delight; of her deep joy afraid'
The pavilion of love
Re-enacting Krishna's marvellous deeds
Nala enters Damayanti's apartments
Glimpsing the beloved and pining for her: princes long for the beauteous Lavanyavati
Two lovers
In the role of Krishna
Contemplation. Intimations of mortality
Five holy men
A gathering of Sufis
Meditating Dervish
A Yogini
Saptarishi: the seven sages
Maharao Kishor Singh of Kota celebrating a religious festival
The Sufi Saint Shah Sharf 'Bu Ali' Qalandar
A priestly figured seated