Название: Indian Court Painting, 16th–19th Century
Автор(ы): Steven Kossak
Издательство: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Год: 1997
ISBN: 978-0870997839
Страниц: 154
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 59 MB
Paintings of extraordinary beauty and variety were made for the many royal courts of India during a golden age that unfolded in the sixteenth century and lasted well into the British period. In India, two artistic traditions converged. The indigenous Rajput culture produced exuberant, vibrantly colored, boldly patterned illustrations of Hindu myths and epics. The entirely different art of the Islamic Mughal invaders, subtle and naturalistic, mainly presented elegant scenes of court life and history. From the cross-fertilization of these two traditions, a multiplicity of highly original painting styles blossomed and flourished.