Indian Art : A full and up-to-date history of the subcontinents artistic heritage

Indian Art : A full and up-to-date history of the subcontinents artistic heritage
ISBN: 9780714834962
Publication Date: 11 December 1997

The Indian subcontinent offers an amazing visual feast. Considering Indian art within a chronological framework, Vidya Dehejia analyses the great cities of the Indus civilization, the serene Buddha image, the intriguing art of cave sites, sophisticated temple-building traditions, the luxurious art of the Mughal court, the palaces and pavilions of Rajasthan, the churches of Portuguese Goa, art in the British Raj and the issues taking Indian art into the twenty-first century.

About the Author

Vidya Dehejia is Associate Director and Chief Curator at the Arthur M Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Her publications include Discourse in Early Buddhist Art, Visual Narratives of India and Slaves of the Lord: The Path of the Tamil Saints.