- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Museum Rietberg (March 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 3907070763
- ISBN-13: 978-3907070765
- Product Dimensions: 30.7 x 23.9 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 Kg
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Little is known of the lives of the individual painters of the Pahari school, which included Nainsukh (c.1710-78), a painter of miniatures from the Punjab hills who developed the distinctive Guler style. In this pioneering account, Goswamy (Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Modern India), a former professor of art history at Punjab University, presents a catalog of 99 paintings that he attributes to Nainsukh, each shown in a full-color plate accompanied by a detailed commentary. Goswamy makes convincing arguments for the provenance of Balwant Singh, a minor hill chieftain of the Punjab hills who was Nainsukh's patron and the subject of most of his paintings. One chapter traces when and how the artist's works entered public and private collections. Extensively annotated but lacking an index, this is recommended for larger art collections, especially those with a focus on Pahari and Indian miniature painting.ARavi Shenoy, Hinsdale P.L., IL
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The book traces the life and career of a prolific and underrated miniature artist Nainsukh of Gular.
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Nainsukh of Guler, Mar 27 2011
By Suneetha - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-State (Hardcover)
India is a country with an artistic legacy whose roots go deep into the history of man as a species. It is the birthplace of many styles of arts such as painting, dance, music etc. The trouble that one comes across when dealing with art that pertains to previous centuries is that most of the works of art like paintings, sketches etc. have not been attributed properly to their respective creators and hence a lot of these artists go unacknowledged. B.N Goswamy's book `Nainsukh of Guler' explores the history of Nainsukh, a painter born in 1710 in the small state of Guler. The paintings that are presented in the book, in my opinion, are truly marvelous. They in their simple look present the world in a beautiful spectrum of colors which have an inert complexity of their own. Adding to this the narrative which flows almost like poetry does justice to the illustrations and gives an in depth historical and cultural background to every painting making it much easier to approach for the reader. It is a must buy for painting enthusiasts and at the same time isn't, in my opinion, a bad deal for anyone who wants to read something.
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