02396cam a2200385 i 4500 20546317 BD-DhUL 20220524123330.0 170901s2018 ii b 000 0 eng 2017350419 9780199469420 (hbk) I-E-2017350419; 06-92; 18-92 (OCoLC)on1002289954 (OCoLC)1002289954 (OCoLC)1037294054 (OCoLC)1038227146 Library of Congress -- New Delhi Overseas Office YDX eng YDX OCLCO rda AVA BD-DhUL lccopycat lcode a-ii--- N7302 .O94 2018 709.5 OXF Oxford readings in Indian art / edited by B.N. Goswamy with Vrinda Agrawal. 1st ed. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2018 (2021 printing). xix, 537 p ; 25 cm. IRS 1995.00 IRS 2100.00 Bibliography: p. 529-536. The world of art is complex and challenging in general; in India it is even more so because the documentation here is truly thin, and whatever exists is so widely scattered that it becomes a task in itself to locate it. This book address both these issues and brings together in one volume a remarkable body of material consisting not of speculations or theories but of original, primary sources. The voices one 'hears' in these excerpts are true and authentic, and if there are any speculations or interpretations, they come from texts or persons directly involved in the making or the understanding of the art of India. Sages speak here, in these pages, of the inter-relationships between the arts, practitioners record measurements of units of time and space, iconographers lay down rules and practices, artists record their experiences and patrons their delights. Information gathered from colophons is documented; excerpts are taken from memoirs and contemporary histories; the work of early writers on the arts is presented. Slowly, as one dips into these sources, one can hear the past speak, and the arts of India that have been lost to history come alive. Art, Indic History. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Goswamy, B. N. ed. Agrawal, Vrinda. ed. 7 cbc copycat 3 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 249170 249170 0 0 ddc 0 709_500000000000000_OXF 0 NFIC 378631 DUL DUL GEN 2019-05-19 Purchased 709.5 OXF 516411 2019-08-01 1 2019-08-01 BK tr. to Sculpture 0 0 ddc 0 709_500000000000000_OXF 0 NFIC 391677 DUL DUL GEN 2021-11-09 Purchased 709.5 OXF 524525 2022-05-22 2 2022-05-22 BK tr. to Drawing & Painting