Artibus Asiae Publishers: Supplementum 55.1

Title in ENGLISH : The miniature school of Bundelkhand that first developed at Orchha was the earliest and most Indian of all the Rajput schools and at the time of its founding the only one to practice a purely indigenous style of painting, untainted by the naturalism of imperial Mughal painting. The author's interpretations and stylistic analyses of over 240 paintings from his collection, many of them published here for the first time, shed light on the school's development from the late sixteenth century to the early days of British rule. It is the first volume of the series that deals with the founding period of Orchha painting, the years 1590-1605, and how it derived from pre-Mughal early Rajput painting, which flourished at the Tomar court of Gwalior from around 1460 until the downfall of the Hindu kingdom in 1518. The subsequent volumes, analyze how this Rajput school developed during the period 1605-1635 and spread to Datia after the disintegration of Orchha in 1635 and later to Panna, the Bundela state of Chattrasal, in the 1680s.

ISBN 13: 9789391125912

ISBN 10: 9391125913

Edition: New Delhi

Year: 2022

Language: ENGLISH

Subject(s): Fine Arts