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Author:

Rossi, Barbara, 1940-

Title:

From the ocean of painting : India's popular paintings, 1589 to the present / Barbara Rossi ; with contributions by Roy C. Craven, Jr. and Stuart Cary Welch.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

xiv, 295 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Folk art--India--Exhibitions.
Patas (Art)--Exhibitions.
Schilderkunst.
Volkskunst.

Other Authors:

Craven, Roy C.
Welch, Stuart Cary.
University of Iowa. Museum of Art.
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art.
Santa Barbara Museum of Art.

Notes:

Based on an exhibition presented by the University of Iowa Museum of Art, which traveled to the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, the University of Chicago, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art during 1994-95. Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-280) and index.

Contents:

Paintings from popular ritual traditions -- Paintings from popular iconic traditions -- Paintings from popular narrative traditions -- Paintings informed by sophisticated traditions -- Paintings on reverse glass -- Paintings serving didactic, divinatory, and other cultural functions -- Painting employed with other media in popular traditional artifacts.

ISBN:

9780195111941 (paper)
019511194X (paper)
9780195111941 (paper ; alk. paper)
019511194X (paper ; alk. paper)
9780195111934 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0195111931 (cloth ; alk. paper)

LCCN:

97015810

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OAAX516 -- Maharishi University of Management Library (Fairfield)