Each work is fully illustrated and most of these works have not
been previously published. The book also includes short background
essays describing aspects of Indian life related to the works. This
book accompanies an exhibiton of selections from the Polsky
Collection and the Metropolitan Museum at the Asia Society, New
York. This volume celebrates the wealth and diversity of the arts
of India created for the life of courts and temples from 1000 BC to
the twentieth century. Paintings, objects and photographs, ranging
in date from the second century BC to the late twentieth century,
reflect the variety and continuity of India's aesthetic traditions.
Andrew Topsfield, the editor, has contributed background essays
describing aspects of Indian life related to the themes explored in
the book: The Sacred Realm: Nature, Temple, Gods, Goddesses, Saint
and Sadhus; The Court: Courtly Life, The Hunt, Royal Portraits,
Couples and Women, Courtly Manuscripts. Catalogue entries by
experts in the field comment on narrative episodes from the epics,
iconographic symbolism, religious, as well as social and contextual
references related to the works shown. An extensive and
authoritative essay by Dr. Vishakha Desai, 'The Experience of
Creativity in Indian Art', is included as well as an essay by
Cynthia Hazen Polsky, 'To Beckon the Modern Eye'.
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