Study of the architectural remains at Osian, Jodhpur District, Rajasthan.

The life of Krishna and his teachings have had a profound influence on the minds of the Indian people. The main aim of this volume is to present the life of Krishna as delineated in Indian art. This volume includes most of the best examples of Indian art to represent the episodes of his life.

Chakshudana or rituals of opening the eyes are practiced across multiple South Asian communities by artists, sculptors, and priests. The ritual offers gods access to the mortal world. This practice, applied to the study of material and visual culture, offers a distinctive perspective to interrogate the complex engagements with paintings, sculptures, found objects, fragments, built environments, and ecologies. This volume takes the process of seeing as its focus—to look closely, remaining true to the object, but also to see widely—from multiple subjective stances and diverse bodily engagements such as walking to dreaming, glancing to looking askance, hypnotic stares, and to see beyond the visible. It examines art history through nuanced considerations of materiality, aesthetics, and regional specificities. The essays emerge from current research that builds on the contributions of Michael W. Meister, W. Norman Brown Distinguished Professor of History of Art and South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, whose works laid the foundations for the study of South Asian visual and material culture. The essays in this book underscore methodological resonances rather than privileging conventional categories of media or chronology, exploring artistic media including temples and paintings as well as Bengali-quilted textiles, manuscript ‘lozenges,’ and metal repousse. This volume, part of the Visual Media and Histories Series, will be of interest to students and researchers of history of art, religious studies, and history as well as the allied disciplines of anthropology and folklore studies. Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Thirty years' research and first-hand knowledge of the area have enabled the author to trace the cultural contacts which have contributed to the rich mosaic of sculpture, temples, mosques, and painting that have gone towards the creation of one of the great civilizations of the world.

Presenting the grand sweep of Indian history from antiquity to the present, A History of India is a detailed and authority account of the major political economics social and cultural forces that have shaped the history of the Indian continent.

Art-Culture and Heritage of Rajasthan detailed Study Notes with MCQ Index 1. Introduction 2. Language & Literature of Rajasthan 3. Rajasthani Folk Literature 4. Major Compositions of Literature of Rajasthan 5. Rock Inscriptions of Rajasthan 6. Fairs & Festivals of Rajasthan 7. Painting Art of Rajasthan 8. Handicraft of Rajasthan 9. Folk Arts of Rajasthan 10. Folk Dances of Rajasthan 11. Folk Dramas of Rajasthan 12. Folk Musical Instruments of Rajasthan 13. Bhakti Saints of Rajasthan 14. Lok Devta & Devis of Rajasthan 15. Forts & Palaces of Rajasthan 16. Temples & Mosques of Rajasthan 17. Cenotaph & Tombs Rajasthan 18. Havelis & Sculptures of Rajasthan 19. Practice MCQ Best wishes for your exams!!