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A Layered World

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Professor B.N. Goswamy, all too well known to our audiences,  is Professor Emeritus of art history at the Panjab University and a  world-renowned 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, Zürich,  and at the Metropolitan Museum, New York. He has also been visiting  professor at the universities of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania, California  (Berkeley and Los Angeles), Texas (Austin) and Zürich.     Prof. Goswamy's many publications include Essence of Indian Art,  Wonders of a Golden Age, Pahari Masters, Domains of Wonder  and Nainsukh of Guler. His work has been especially influential in the area  of Pahari painting. His awards and honours include  the Padma Bhushan, conferred in 2008.    

The Spirit of Indian Painting  Close Encounters with 101 Great Works 1100-1900  Penguin, 2014     In this magnificent, lavishly illustrated book, Professor Goswamy  opens readers' eyes to the wonders of Indian painting, and shows  them new ways of seeing art. An illuminating introductory essay,  'A Layered World', explains the themes and emotions that inspired  Indian painters, the values and influences that shaped their work, and  the unique ways in which they depicted Time and Space. It describes,  too, the different regional styles, the relationship between patrons and   painters, the tools and techniques the painters used and the milieu  in which they created their works.     The second part of this book,'Close Encounters with 101 Great Works',  presents paintings carefully selected by Prof. Goswamy, spanning  nearly a thousand years and ranging from Jain manuscripts and  Rajasthani, Mughal, Pahari and Deccani miniatures, to Company School  paintings. His description and analysis of these works unlock the  treasures that lie within them and show us how to 'read' each painting,  as he points out its finest features, explains its visual vocabulary  and symbolism, and recounts the story, legend or event that inspired it.    

Combining deep scholarship with great storytelling, this is a book of  enduring value that will both educate and delight the reader.     It is destined to become a classic.

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