Art
and Culture : Painting and Perspective : Vol. II/edited by Ahsan Jan Qaisar and
Som Prakash Verma. New Delhi, Abhinav Pub., 2002, 171 p., 119 plates, $77.
ISBN
81-7017-405-8.Art
and Culture : Painting and Perspective : Vol. II/edited by Ahsan Jan Qaisar and
Som Prakash Verma. New Delhi, Abhinav Pub., 2002, 171 p., 119 plates, $77.
ISBN
81-7017-405-8.
Contents: Foreword. 1. The Miftah-ul Fuzala : a study of an illustrated Persian lexicon/A. Jan Qaisar and Som Prakash Verma. 2. An introduction to the Anwar-i Suhaili and its illustrations/A. Jan Qaisar. 3. Symbols and motifs in the Mughal School of Art/Som Prakash Verma. 4. Similar themes, different treatment: the Mughal experience/Som Prakash Verma. 5. Similar themes, different treatment: the European experience/A. Jan Qaiser. 6. Scientific instruments: evidence from Mughal paintings/Sreeramalu Rajeswara Sarma. 7. Ordinary life in Mughal India: a survey of Mughal painting/Som Prakash Verma. 8. William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell/Asloob Ahmad Ansari. 9. Sculptural depiction of the Ramayana themes in the temple of Dadhimatimata in Rajasthan/Neelima Vashishtha. 10. Packaging technology and stowing technique during the seventeenth century/A. Jan Qaisar. 11. Educational and political perceptions of Muslim women during the first half of the twentieth century/Hassan Imam. 12. Female performing artistes in North India: a survey/Madhu Trivedi.
"The present volume of the annual series of Art and Culture carrying the sub-title ‘Painting and Perspective’ relates to the following themes: (a) cultural set-up and values; (b) sculpture and painting and (c) science and technology. The articles of the volume are not restricted to any particular period or geographical area. Moreover, the purpose is to encourage scholars to think and write in terms of social mores and values as far as possible." (jacket)