Popular Indian art : Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India

Title
  1. Popular Indian art : Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India / Erwin Neumayer, Christine Schelberger.
Published by
  1. New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Author
  1. Neumayer, Erwin, 1949-

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Additional authors
  1. Schelberger, Christine
  2. Ravi Varma, 1848-1906
Description
  1. 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits (chiefly color); 30 cm
Summary
  1. This book introduces the reader to modern Indian Hindu iconography. Well annotated and with a large number of rare oleographs, it will appeal to art historians and those interested in popular Indian culture.
Alternative title
  1. Raja Ravi Varma and the printed gods of India
Subject
  1. Ravi Varma, 1848-1906 > Art patronage
  2. Ravi Varma, 1848-1906
  3. Ravi Varma, 1848-1906 > Art patronage > Exhibitions
  4. 1800-1899
  5. Idols and images > India
  6. Painting, Indic > 19th century
  7. Art, Indic > 19th century
  8. Painting, Indic > 20th century
  9. Art, Indic > 20th century
  10. Mythology, Indic > India
  11. Mythology, Indic, in art
  12. Folk art > India > 19th century
  13. Folk art > India > 20th century
  14. Idols and images > India > Exhibitions
  15. Art, Indic > 19th century > Exhibitions
  16. Art, Indic
  17. Art patronage
  18. Idols and images
  19. Painting, Indic
  20. Volkskunst
  21. Schilderijen
  22. Prenten
  23. Goden
  24. Painting, Indic > 19th century > Exhibitions
  25. Prints, Indic > Exhibitions
  26. Hindu gods in art > Exhibitions
  27. Hindu mythology in art > Exhibitions
  28. India
  29. Indien
Genre/Form
  1. Exhibition catalogs
Contents
  1. 1. The Magic Stone -- 2. The Printed Gods of India -- 3. Raja Ravi Varma -- 4. The Industrialization of Gods -- 5. Printing for Independence -- 6. The Beauty and the Censor -- 7. Matchsticks, Fireworks, and Icons.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references.