ISBN |
9781851775736 (hbk.) |
Title |
Maharaja : the splendour of India's royal courts / edited by Anna Jackson and Amin Jaffer ; with Deepika Ahlawat |
Publisher |
London : V&A Publishing, 2009 |
Physical desc. |
240 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.), map, ports. ; 32 cm. |
Note |
Published to accompany the exhibition 'Maharaja: the splendour of India's royal courts' at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (10 October 2009-17 January 2010) and the Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich (12 February-23 May 2010). |
Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-235) and index |
Contents |
Introduction / Anna Jackson and Amin Jaffer -- Kingship in India / Barbara N. Ramusack -- The power of public splendour / Joanne Punzo Waghorne -- Palace life / Ramya Sreenivasan --- Patronage at court / Rosemary Crill -- Palaces and the politics of style / Giles Tillotson -- Indian princes and the West / Amin Jaffer. |
Corporate name |
Victoria and Albert Museum -- Exhibitions |
Subject |
Art, Indic -- Exhibitions |
Painting, Indic -- Exhibitions |
Marwar painting -- Exhibitions |
Decorative arts India -- Exhibitions |
Courts and courtiers in art -- India -- Exhibitions |
India -- Antiquities -- Exhibitions |
India -- Kings and rulers -- Exhibitions |
India -- History -- Exhibitions |
India -- Social life and customs -- Exhibitions |
Added name(s) |
Jackson, Anna (Anna M. F.) ed. |
Jaffer, Amin ed. |
Ahlawat, Deepika |
Added name(s) - Corporate |
Victoria and Albert Museum |