In this authoritative book, author Mira Seth discusses the various texts that lay down the canons that govern wall painting the preparation of colors and brushes, and the proper depiction of the myriad deities in the Hindu pantheon, while also examining the characteristics of different schools and their influences on each other. Seth has personally visited all the major sites featured in this book,from the temples of South India, the Deccan, where the world-famous Ajanta and EIIora caves are located, to Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir in the north.

While there are many volumes on the study of Indian classical ares, including books on different schools of miniature painting and some texts on regional and provincial wall murals and frescoes, there has been no study of Indian wall painungs as a cohesive tradition until now.

In this authoritative book, author Mira Seth discusses the various texts that lay down the canons that govern wall painting the preparation of colors and brushes, and the proper depiction of the myriad deities in the Hindu pantheon, while also examining the characteristics of different schools and their influences on each other. Seth has personally visited all the major sites featured in this book,from the temples of South India, the Deccan, where the world-famous Ajanta and EIIora caves are located, to Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir in the north.

Indian Painting gives an in-depth analysis of the interconnections not only between different schools of painting, but also the sister arts of sculpture and architecture.By putting each work in this lavishly illustrated volume in its political and geographical context, Seth creates the groundbreaking panoramic look at Indian wall painting the art world has long needed.

INTRODUCTION

CENTERS OF WALL PAINTING:

THE DECCAN AND SOUTH INDIA

AIANTA

BAGH

BADAMI

ELLORA

TAMIL PAINTING

KERALA PAINTING

CENTERS OF WALL PAINTING:

NORTH AND EAST INDIA

LADAKH

HIMACHAL PRADESH

RAJASTHAN

MADHYA PRADESH

PAHARI PAINTING

TECHNIQUE AND STYLE

ENDNOTES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS