The Indian Portrait: 1560-1860

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This book tells the story of portrait painting by Indian artists from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. From its beginnings under the Mughal ruler Humayun and his successor Akbar, portraiture progressed to the Hindu courts of Rajasthan and the Punjab Hills, as well as to the Islamic Kingdoms of the Deccan further south. During the period of British rule in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, portraits by Indian artists, often working under western patronage, reached remarkable levels of skill and virtuosity.

Different regions and periods produced strikingly varied styles of portraiture, which are discussed in essays and plate captions that accompany sixty beautifully reproduced paintings. Some of these are among the most celebrated of all Indian works of art, while others are new discoveries that shed further light on this fascinating aspect of Indian painting.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rosemary Crill

Rosemary Crill is Deputy Curator of the Indian & South-East Asian Department of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, where she specialises in Indian textiles and Rajasthani paiting. Her publications include Hats from India, Tie-dyed Textiles of India (co-author), Colours of the Indus: Costume and Textiles of Pakistan (co-author), Indian Ikat Textiles, Marwar Paiting: A History of the Jodhpur Style, and Indian Embroiderey.

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Title
The Indian Portrait: 1560-1860
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8189995379
Length
176p., Maps; 72 Colour Plates.
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