Product Description: In Adoration of Krishna is an invaluable resource for designers, art historians, and anyone interested in the decorative arts of Indian textiles in the context of the spiritual lives of thousands of people in this part of the world.

Product Description: Manuscripts illustrate multiple aspects of a nation’s identity--its history, thought, imagination and not least its will to preserve these things for posterity. The manuscripts that appear in this book come from all corners of India from the most important public and private collections and span a period of almost two millennia of Indian cultural history...read more

Product Description: The goal of this catalogue and the exhibition it documents is to bring together and illuminate works of art that identify core Sikh beliefs.

Product Description: "Karkhanas were first established in the 14th century as art and artisan collectives to produce textiles, weaponry, and other objects for South Asian sultanates, particularly of the Mughal empire. This current project, initiated and organized by Pakistani painter Muhammad Imran Qureshi, was inspired by the cooperative nature of miniature painting in those courts...read more

Product Description: "Domains of Wonder" presents a cross-section of the San Diego Museum of Art's Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Indian painting, featuring significant pieces never before published. Paintings and manuscripts dating from approximately 1300 to 1900 are reproduced with full-page, full-colour illustrations, each with a catalogue entry that brings to life the content and context of the picture...read more

One of the world's finest private collections of Indian 'miniature' paintings, a promised bequest to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is represented by some 90 works of art created in workshops across India over the course of four centuries. The paintings, all reproduced in full color and accompanied by a detailed scholarly examination, span the period from before the rise of Islamic Mughal rule in northern India during the 1500s to the heyday of the British Raj in the late 19th century. The 'intimate worlds' evoked by these images vividly illustrate Hindu, Muslim, and Jain religious stories; offer visions of life at court; and explore the pleasures and pains of love. Essays include a statement from the collector and an introductory history of courtly painting on the Indian subcontinent, as well as discussions of the history of the collecting of Indian art, hierarchies of taste, and the relationship between artists and patrons.

Product Description: This work forms one of the most valuable contributions made till date to the area of Punjab studies. For Painters at the Sikh Court is more than simply a work about painting and patronage: enhancing & deepening the understanding of the royal courts. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This volume identifies and evaluates the work of twelve classic Pahari court painters. Hailed as a "great work" when published in German, this book is beautifully designed and illustrated with over 100 color plates. It is unique for its scholarship and the range of material covered...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)