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The intelligence of tradition in Rajput court painting

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ISBN	0300142293 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780300142297 (hbk.)
Author	Aitken, Molly Emma
Title	The intelligence of tradition in Rajput court painting / [by] Molly Emma Aitken
Publisher	New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2010
Physical desc.	xi, 340 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Note	CBL illustrations: p. 67, fig. 2.8 (In 34.1); p. 81, fig. 2.16 (In 07A.3); p. 83, fig. 2.20 (In 11A.27); p. 170, fig. 4.16 (In11A.12); p. 176, fig. 4.23 (In 07B.27).
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-332) and index
Contents	Introduction: the intelligence of tradition -- Structures of desire: an introduction to the court paintings of Rajasthan -- Interpreting style -- The formalities: form and function in Mewar portraiture -- Repetition and response: the case of Layla and Majnun -- Chokha’s shringara (amorous) style: the painter as interpreter of his tradition -- Conclusion: the lives of Rajput pictorial forms from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
Subject	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07A
	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 07B
	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 11A
	Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 34
	Rajput painting
	Miniature painting, Indic
	Painting, Indic -- India -- Rajasthan

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