Prof. Pande has published more than fifty research papers in reputed national and international journals. She has authored seven books on various aspects of Indian Art, History and Culture. She is well versed in Sanskrit, Prakrit and Pali and she also has a good knowledge of German, Chinese and Persian. She has delivered several lectures in museums and universities in India and abroad. She has coordinated eight major national and international seminars. She has also coordinated several national and international exhibitions and workshops.
This book is an outcome of the seminar and it discusses recent studies and research undertaken by various eminent scholars, academicians and museum professionals from India and abroad. The book maintains a strong focus on creating an art historical discourse on the form and function of Rajasthani paintings. The scholarly papers contributed in this book are of a wide variety. While most papers are based on different aspects of painting and museum collections in India, few papers are also based on Rajasthani miniatures in foreign collections which is commendable.
I would like to compliment the Department of History of Art of NMI for organizing the seminar in 2013 and for bringing out this publication. I am certain that this publication will greatly enrich the existing pool of literature on the diverse tradition of miniature painting in Rajasthan and its art historical significance.
The legacy of Rajasthani Miniature Painting has evolved under the early influence of western-Indian painting. The artistic approach later evolved as a confluence of two distinct styles-that of a sophisticated use of colour palette of the Mughal style infused with the local, indigenous idiom of the Rajput sensibility. These paintings were embodied with visually stimulating landscapes of lush and scenic views, beautiful maidens, their valourous lovers, kings and noblemen involved in hunting or other leisure activities, etc.
The royal courts (big or small) continued their engagement of the visual and performing arts with the wealth of the literary texts of the ancient Indian tradition. In fact, depictions of religious and literary texts form the major themes and contexts of the paintings. Verses from the Ramayana, Bhagavata Purana, Gitagovinda and Rasikapriya are beautifully illustrated in the miniature paintings, as well as in the mural tradition of Rajasthan. The melodic modes from the Ragachitra and the Baramasa were favourite themes of the Rajasthani painters as well. Moreover, the influence of various religious sub-sects, such as Vaishnavism and Pushtimarg, was an essential aspect and background to the glorious years of Rajasthani painting from the 16" to the 19" centuries CE.
This book is a culmination of scholarly papers based on current study and research on Rajasthani Miniature Painting and its influence on other art forms. The papers are thematically divided into four broad sections. These are based on Style and Representation, Rajasthani Miniature Painting and the Museum Collection, Rajasthani Mural Painting Tradition and lastly, Patas and Manuscript Paintings. The variegated themes discussed in the book richly illustrate the artistic quality and historical significance of the visual and material culture of major and minor sub-schools of Rajasthani painting tradition in India.
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