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Wall Paintings of the Western Himalayas Seth, Mira
Very Good.
Hardcover. Large hardcover with dustjacket 1976 Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. Gift inscription by author on 1st blank page: 'To Dr Selby [?] with best regards, Mira Seth'. Noticeable wear: Small archivally-repaired rip to back of jacket; pages slightly wavy; spine wiggles but is holding. One of the pages with a color plate was bound upside-down. Very clean; no marks; pages bright. No additional printings indicated. 13 x 10 inches. NOTE: Large format-- cannot ship outside U.S. via Flat-Rate envelope; may require additional international postage. 136 pages; Index; Bibliography; 32 color photos; 86 black-and-white photos; map. Language: English. '[P]uts the art of wall painting in the Western Himalayas in its proper historical, geographical, socio-economic, political and religious context, but the main emphasis has been on a stylistic study.... The technique of the wall paintings in this region has been carefully analysed and compared with the classical and contemporary wall painting tradition as well as the art of miniatures.'--from Preface. Keywords: art history, art historian, Indian, fresco, frescoes, mural, Himalayan, decoration, Himachal Pradesh, Ajanta, Ellora, seventeenth century, North Indian Hills, desert, Rajasthan, temple, palace, Hinduism, Hindu, iconography, religion, myth, legend. No ISBN.
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75.00 USD
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