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082 _aVSCL
_bDAL
245 0 _aIndian Painting: The Lesser- Known Traditions
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_bNiyogi Books
_c2011
300 _a216: ill.
_c22.58 x 2.26 x 29.74 cm
_rHardbound
504 _aIndia has an astonishingly rich variety of painting traditions. While miniature painting schools became virtually extinct with the decline of aristocratic patronage, a number of local vernacular idioms still survive and continue to develop. The present collection of papers is the volume of the proceedings of the conference ‘Indian Painting: The Lesser-Known Traditions’ held in Houston in 2008. The aim of the conference was to highlight these lesser-known artistic expressions grouped, until the recent past, under the heading of ‘folk art’. These artistic expressions are now beginning to be recognised as of pivotal importance for an understanding of the social setting in which they have evolved. The essays concentrate on Assam, Bengal, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The time-span, covered by the works discussed by the contributors, ranges from the late seventeenth century to the present day.
650 _a17th century to prsent
650 _aConference proceedings
650 _aIndian art
650 _aIndian painting history
650 _aVisual Culture
700 _a Dallapiccola, Anna L.
_eEditor
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