Divine pleasures : painting from India's Rajput courts : the Kronos Collections / Terence McInerney ; with Steven M. Kossak and Navina Najat Haidar.

"Particularly distinguished for paintings made for the Indian royal courts between the 16th and 19th centuries, the Kronos Collections feature brilliantly colored works characterized by powerful depictions of scenes from Hindu epics, mystical legends, and courtly life. The nearly 100 works in this c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McInerney, Terence (Author)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors: Kossak, Steven (Contributor)
Haidar, Navina Najat (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016]
Subjects:
Kossak, Steven > Art collections > Exhibitions.
Miniature painting, Indic > Exhibitions.
Rajput painting > Exhibitions.
Rajputmalerei.
Exhibition catalogs.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Physical Description:ix, 262 pages : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Painting from India's Rajput courts
Kronos Collections
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Collecting pleasures / Steven M. Kossak
  • Mughal court painting and the origins of Rajput court painting / Terence McInerney
  • Hindu epic and myth in Mughal painting / Navina Najat Haidar
  • The Kronos collections and Rajput court painting / Terence McInerney
  • Early Rajput painting and Rajasthani court painting
  • Early Indian paintings from the Punjab hills
  • Later Indian paintings from the Punjab hills.