Picture Showmen: Insights into the Narrative Tradition in Art
Author:   Jyotindra Jain
Publisher:   The Marg Foundation
ISBN:  

9788185026398


Pages:   128
Publication Date:   10 March 2002
Format:   Hardback
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained


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Picture Showmen: Insights into the Narrative Tradition in Art


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This is a comprehensive survey of the mainfold tradition of pictorial narration in India, from ancient times to the present day. The contributors discuss early Buddhist narrative sculpture and aspects of narrative in Indian miniature painting, as well as later narrative folk forms from Andrah Pradesh, Bengal, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and the Deccan. Besides descriptions of actual performances, the studies include insights into the lives of the traditional performing families and their efforts to keep their art alive in the face of dwindling patronage.

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Author:   Jyotindra Jain
Publisher:   The Marg Foundation
Imprint:   The Marg Foundation
Dimensions:   Width: 25.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 33.40cm
Weight:   1.053kg
ISBN:  

9788185026398


ISBN 10:   8185026394
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   10 March 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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