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The Great Mysore Bhagavata: Complete Study of a Manuscript from the Binney Collection in the San Diego Museum of Art
by B.N. Goswamy
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AuthorB.N. Goswamy
PublisherNiyogi Books Illustrated
Synopsis This book from Mysore, stands out, not only because of the splendour of its illustrations but also because it engages with that great and sacred text, the Bhagāvata Purāna, in a manner that is completely different from almost anything else that one sees.
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Binding: HardCover
About the author
B.N. Goswamy, India’s leading and much-honoured art historian is currently Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. His work covers a wide range and is regarded, especially in the area of Indian painting, as having influenced much thinking. Professor Goswamy has taught as Visiting Professor at different universities in Europe and the US. He has also written extensively. Among his most widely followed works have been: Pahari Painting: The Family as the Basis of Style (Mumbai 1968); The Essence of Indian Art (San Francisco, 1986); Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India (with E. Fischer, Zurich 1992); Nainsukh of Guler: A great Indian Painter from a small Hill State, (Zurich 1997); Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting (with C. Smith, San Diego 2005); and The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works (2014). Robert J. Del Bontà, PhD has been loosely affiliated with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco since 1978 where he taught courses and curated many shows. He has curated major exhibitions for the Berkeley Art Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, and the Portland Art Museum. He has published articles on a wide range of subjects: Hindu and Jaina sculpture and architecture; Indian composite painting; Jaina, Sikh, and Mughal painting; and more recently European prints pertaining to Europe’s outlook on India. He has remained engaged with the San Diego Bhāgavata Purāna manuscript since the 1990s. Dr Caleb Simmons is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Arizona. His first book, Devotional Sovereignty: Kingship and Religion in India, 1782–1868, focuses on the Mysore court. He is also co-editor of Nine Nights of the Goddess: The Navarātri Festival in South Asia, which focuses on various aspects of the important festival of Navaratri, including Mysore’s Dasara.
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