| ISBN |
3791350757 (English) |
| 9783791350752 (English) |
| 2711858111 (French) |
| 9782711858118 (French) |
| Author |
Markel, Stephen |
| Title |
India's fabled city : the art of courtly Lucknow / [by] Stephen Markel with Tushara Bindu Gude ; and contributions by Muzzaffar Alam ... [et al.] |
| Publisher |
Los Angeles ; Munich : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; DelMonico Books, an imprint of Prestel, 2010 |
| Physical desc. |
271 p. ; col. ill. ; 32 cm. |
| Note |
Published in conjunction with the exhibition, India's fabled city: the art of courtly Lucknow, organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and held there 12 December 2010-27 February 2011, and at the Musée Guimet, Paris, 6 April-11 July 2011. |
| CBL illustrations: p. 2 (frontispiece) (detail) & 31 (In 69.16); p. 76 & back cover (69.6); p. 79 (In 34.12). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-263) and index. |
| Contents |
The dynastic history of Lucknow / Stephen Markel -- India's fabled city: narratives of an exhibition / Tushara Bindu Gude -- Lucknow and European society / Rosie Llewellyn-Jones -- Hybrid visions: the cultural landscape of Awadh / Tushara Bindu Gude -- Innovations pious and impious: expressive culture in nawabi Lucknow / Carla Petievich -- Lucknow's architectural heritage / Catherine Asher -- "A sacred interest": the role of photography in the "city of mourning" / Sophie Gordon -- Origins of the late Mughal painting tradition in Awadh / Malini Roy -- Of princes and poets in eighteenth-century Lucknow / Muzaffar Alam and Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- "This blaze of wealth and magnificence": the luxury arts of Lucknow / Stephen Markel -- Textiles and dress in Lucknow in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries / Rosemary Crill -- Music in Lucknow's gilded age / Peter Manuel. |
| Corporate name |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscripts -- Exhibitions |
| Los Angeles County Museum of Art -- Exhibitions |
| Musée Guimet (Paris, France) -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 34 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 69 |
| Art, Indic -- India -- Lucknow -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Indic -- India -- Oudh -- Exhibitions |
| Art and society -- India -- Lucknow -- Exhibitions |
| Art and society -- India -- Oudh -- Exhibitions |
| Courts and courtiers in art -- India -- Exhibitions |
| Lucknow (India) -- Civilization -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Gude, Tushara Bindu |
| Alam, Muzaffar 1947- |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
