TY - GEN AU - Guy, John AU - Britschgi, Jorrit TI - Wonder of the age : master painters of India 1100-1900 SN - 9788189995607 U1 - 759.54 PY - 2011/// CY - Ahmedabad PB - Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd. KW - N1 - 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 ER -