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The Oxford Readings in Indian Art

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The world of art is complex and challenging usually; in India it’s even more so since the documentation here is in point of fact thin, and no matter what exists is so widely scattered that it becomes a task in itself to locate it.

This book address both these issues and brings together in one volume a remarkable body of material consisting not of speculations or theories but of original, number one sources. The voices one ‘hears’ in these excerpts are true and authentic, and if there are any speculations or interpretations, they come from texts or persons right away involved in the making or the understanding of the art of India. Sages speak here, in these pages, of the inter-relationships between the arts, practitioners record measurements of units of time and space, iconographers lay down rules and practices, artists record their experiences and patrons their delights. Information gathered from colophons is documented; excerpts are taken from memoirs and up to date histories; the work of early writers at the arts is presented.

Slowly, as one dips into these sources, one can hear the past speak, and the arts of India which have been lost to history come alive.

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