Wonder of the age : master painters of India 1100-1900
Guy, John
Wonder of the age : master painters of India 1100-1900 - Ahmedabad Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. 2011 - 224p.
CONTENTS
DIRECTORS FOREWORD THOMAS P. CAMPBELL 7
PREFACE JOHN GUY AND JORRIT BRITSCHGI 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12
LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION 13
THE ART OF THE BOOK IN SOUTH ASIA 17
JOHN GUY
FROM PALM-LEAF TO PAPER: Manuscript Painting, 1100-1500 22
JOHN GUY
Mahavihara Master 26
Master of the Jainesque Shahnama 29
Master of the Devasano Pado Kalpasutra 32
EARLY HINDU-SULTANATE PAINTING, 1500-1575 34
JOHN GUY
Masters of the Dispersed Bhagavata Purana 38
Basawan 42
THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUGHAL PAINTING, 1575-1650 50
JOHN GUY
Abd al-Samad 54
Manohar 58
Farrukh Beg 62
Keshav Das 68
Aqa Riza 71
Abu'l Hasan 73
Abid 76
Mansur 80
Balchand 86
Payag 89
Masters of the Chunar Ragamala 95
Nasiruddin 98
Sahibdin 101
Hada Master and the Kota School 103
Early Master at the Court of Mandi 106
LATE MUGHAL PAINTING AND THE RENAISSANCE no OF THE HINDU COURTS, 1650-1730
JORRIT BRITSCHGI
Ruknuddin 114
Nurpur Masters: Kripal, Devidasa, and Golu 117
Bahu Masters 124
Master at the Court of Mankot 128
Stipple Master 131
Masters of Early Kota 135
Bhavanidas 140
Chitarman II 142
MUGHAL AFTERGLOW AND THE LATER COURT STYLES 146
IN THE PAHARI REGION AND RAJASTHAN, 1730-1825
JORRIT BRITSCHGI
Mir Kalan Khan 150
Manaku 153
Nainsukh 160
First Generation after Manaku and Nainsukh 166
Purkhu of Kangra 176
Bagta 178
Chokha 182
LATE INDIAN COURT PAINTING, COMPANY PAINTING, 186
AND THE COMING OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 1825-1900
JORRIT BRITSCHGI
Masters of the Company Portraits 190
Tara 193
Shivalal and Mohanlal 197
GLOSSARY OF LITERARY SOURCES JOHN GUY 202
NOTES 206
BIBLIOGRAPHY 211
INDEX 221
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS 224
Maps appear on pages 16, in, and 147
9788189995607
759.54 / GUY
Wonder of the age : master painters of India 1100-1900 - Ahmedabad Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. 2011 - 224p.
CONTENTS
DIRECTORS FOREWORD THOMAS P. CAMPBELL 7
PREFACE JOHN GUY AND JORRIT BRITSCHGI 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 12
LENDERS TO THE EXHIBITION 13
THE ART OF THE BOOK IN SOUTH ASIA 17
JOHN GUY
FROM PALM-LEAF TO PAPER: Manuscript Painting, 1100-1500 22
JOHN GUY
Mahavihara Master 26
Master of the Jainesque Shahnama 29
Master of the Devasano Pado Kalpasutra 32
EARLY HINDU-SULTANATE PAINTING, 1500-1575 34
JOHN GUY
Masters of the Dispersed Bhagavata Purana 38
Basawan 42
THE GOLDEN AGE OF MUGHAL PAINTING, 1575-1650 50
JOHN GUY
Abd al-Samad 54
Manohar 58
Farrukh Beg 62
Keshav Das 68
Aqa Riza 71
Abu'l Hasan 73
Abid 76
Mansur 80
Balchand 86
Payag 89
Masters of the Chunar Ragamala 95
Nasiruddin 98
Sahibdin 101
Hada Master and the Kota School 103
Early Master at the Court of Mandi 106
LATE MUGHAL PAINTING AND THE RENAISSANCE no OF THE HINDU COURTS, 1650-1730
JORRIT BRITSCHGI
Ruknuddin 114
Nurpur Masters: Kripal, Devidasa, and Golu 117
Bahu Masters 124
Master at the Court of Mankot 128
Stipple Master 131
Masters of Early Kota 135
Bhavanidas 140
Chitarman II 142
MUGHAL AFTERGLOW AND THE LATER COURT STYLES 146
IN THE PAHARI REGION AND RAJASTHAN, 1730-1825
JORRIT BRITSCHGI
Mir Kalan Khan 150
Manaku 153
Nainsukh 160
First Generation after Manaku and Nainsukh 166
Purkhu of Kangra 176
Bagta 178
Chokha 182
LATE INDIAN COURT PAINTING, COMPANY PAINTING, 186
AND THE COMING OF PHOTOGRAPHY, 1825-1900
JORRIT BRITSCHGI
Masters of the Company Portraits 190
Tara 193
Shivalal and Mohanlal 197
GLOSSARY OF LITERARY SOURCES JOHN GUY 202
NOTES 206
BIBLIOGRAPHY 211
INDEX 221
PHOTOGRAPH CREDITS 224
Maps appear on pages 16, in, and 147
9788189995607
759.54 / GUY