B. N. Goswamy

The Spirit of Indian Painting

Close Encounters with 101 Great Works 1100 -1900

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Opens readers' eyes to the wonders of Indian painting, and shows them new ways of seeing art.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson / Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 584
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 177mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 1570g
• ISBN-13: 9780500239506
• ISBN-10: 0500239509
• Artikelnr.: 43839067

Autorenporträt

B. N. Goswamy is Professor Emeritus of art history at the Panjab University and a world authority on Indian painting. He has written and lectured extensively, and been a guest curator of major exhibitions of Indian art all over the world, most recently of the path-breaking exhibition 'Masters of Indian Painting' at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, and at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. Professor Goswany's many publications include Essence of Indian Art, Wonders of a Golden Age, Pahari Masters, Domains of Wonder and Nainsukh of Guler.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Visions - 2. Observation - 3. Passion - 4. Contemplation

Rezensionen

'An out-and-out masterpiece ... will undoubtedly come to be looked on as one of the greatest books ever written on Indian art' - William Dalrymple, Guardian