Jain Paintings and Material Culture of Medieval Western India: 1100–1650

✍ Scribed by Lipika Maitra

Publisher: Routledge India
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 388
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Through a curated collection of key Jain paintings, this volume offers a glimpse into the way people lived in western India during the medieval times: What they wore, how they ornamented themselves, what they amused themselves with, what furniture they sat on, which modes of transport they used. It includes Jain paintings from various collections in India and abroad to underscore the value of pictorial evidence in piecing together the past.

The book takes the reader on a breath-taking visual journey through the varied costumes, exquisite textiles, handcrafted ornaments, curiously shaped vessels and containers, musical instruments, arms and armour, conveyances, and many such articles of everyday use. These articles of everyday use are corroborated with the descriptions left by foreign travellers passing through western India at that time. It explores contemporary lexicons and vernacular literature from this period, for possible names in vogue for the articles of Material Culture. The work is richly illustrated with line drawings by the author to highlight the objects being referred to. What comes across clearly through this book is that art is the mirror of the times, and as such, paintings reflect the society in which they are created.

A magnificent read, this book will be essential for scholars and researchers of Indian painting, art history, Indian art, arts and aesthetics, Jainism, visual arts, South Asian history, Indian history, heritage studies and cultural history. It will also be a must-have for history and visual arts enthusiasts all over the world.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Plates
Foreword
Preface
Author’s Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 The Historical Background
2 Costumes and Footwear
3 Textiles
4 Ornaments, Ornamentations, Coiffure and Headgear
5 Architecture, Furniture and Interior Furnishings
6 Vessels, Containers and Objects of Ritual and Household Use
7 Musical Instruments, Arms and Armour, Conveyances and Emblems of Royalty
Epilogue
Appendix: Reference to Objects of Material Culture in Jain Canonical Literature
Bibliography
Colour Plates
Index

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