The arts of India Book : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / Joseph M. Dye III.

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Dye III, Joseph M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Richmond, Va. : Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with P. Wilson Publishers, c2001Description: 599 pages : illustrations (some colors) ; 31 cmISBN:

9780856675393 (hardback)
0917046609
9780917046605
0856675393

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709.54074755 21

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709.54074755

Summary: This is a comprehensive catalogue of the important collection of Indian art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a celebration of the diverse cultures that coexist in India. An introductory essay is followed by the art objects presented in four sections according to the traditional forms of Indian art: sculpture, painting, decorative arts and textiles. The sections on sculpture and painting are further subdivided chronologically according to stylistic periods; the decorative arts and textiles, most of which date from around 1650 to 1900, are grouped by medium (make, metalwork, wool, cotton etc).

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This is a comprehensive catalogue of the important collection of Indian art in the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and a celebration of the diverse cultures that coexist in India. An introductory essay is followed by the art objects presented in four sections according to the traditional forms of Indian art: sculpture, painting, decorative arts and textiles. The sections on sculpture and painting are further subdivided chronologically according to stylistic periods; the decorative arts and textiles, most of which date from around 1650 to 1900, are grouped by medium (make, metalwork, wool, cotton etc).

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