Product Description: Presents 80 evocative paintings from the collectio of Ramesh and Urmil Kapoor, many of which have been donated to the Norton Simon Museum.

This sweeping survey of the artistic achievements of Himalayan culture is the first major exhibition to include objects from all the major religions of the region. Created to accompany the landmark art exhibition that will include almost two hundred of the finest works of art created between the sixth and nineteenth centuries in India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, this book explores the particular beauty that evolved from the spiritual traditions unique to the Himalayas. Lavishly illustrated with many rarely seen images, Himalayas conveys the spiritual aspirations of those who defied the physical hardships of an arduous mountain terrain to express their soaring creative spirit.Currently held in private and public collections in North America and Europe, seventy percent of this art has never been published or publicly exhibited. The works include temple sculptures of stone and wood; works in terracotta; cast bronzes with inlaid gemstones, gilding, and paint; colorful paintings—from reverential portraits to depictions of awe-inspiring deities—on cloth, palm leaf, paper, and wood; and ritual objects in various media. Pratapaditya Pal provides a fascinating description of the cultural milieu in which these works of art were created.Copublished with the Art Institute of Chicago

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On antiquities of undivided Bengal; contributed articles.

With special reference to Goa, India; contributed articles.

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Contributed articles on Gaòneâsa, Hindu deity, as depicted in art, iconography, and religion in East Asia, South Asia, and South-East Asia.

Product Description: This book documents an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Demonstrating the richness and stylistic variety of Indian pictorial tradition, it assists in understanding subjects unique in Indian Art.

Product Description: , xvi 148 pages, illustrated throughout with photographs, introduced by Pratapaditya Pal (editor), 9 individually authored and annotated chapters on artists including Basawan, Miskin, Mansur and others ...

Product Description: A millennium of paintings, textiles, metal sculptures, ritual objects; aesthetic, religious contexts.