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Indian Life And People In The 19Th Century

Company Paintings In The Tapi Collection
J P Losty

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Defining a distinct style of painting produced in India during the British period and influenced by European artistic norms, this catalogue of Company Paintings in the TAPI (Textiles and Art of the People of India) Collection is a unique illustration of the social milieu prevailing in India in the nineteenth century. Tracing the origins and evoluti...on of this genre of painting, the volume shines a fresh beam on subjects commissioned to be painted by officials of the East India Company, such as occupations, customs, dress, bazaars, festivals and daily life of ordinary people, a world removed from the elite and princely environment that were the chosen subjects of Indian miniature artists. The catalogue of the TAPI Collection of Company Paintings highlights works from the major regions where such paintings were produced ? Murshidabad, Calcutta, Patna, Lucknow, Delhi, Punjab, Kutch, Tanjore, Trichinopoly, Madras, Kerala and the Andhra Coast. It comprises a rich and accurate record of the diverse modes of dress and manners of the people before the advent of photography. This catalogue documents the first-ever exhibition on the subject to be held in India, being a collaboration between TAPI and CSMVS (Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, formerly the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India).

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  • JP Losty (1945–2021) was Curator-in-charge of the Extensive Indian Visual Collections in the British Library in London. He worked in the Print, Drawings and Photographs section of the British Library; first as Curator and retiring as Head of the section in 2005. Between 2010 and 2021, he was regularly invited to contribute to a range of exhibition catalogues including The Indian Portrait, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, and Masters of Indian Painting.Jerry published many books and papers on various aspects of the paintings of India from the 12th to the 19th centuries. His major books include The Art of the Book in India(1982), Calcutta City of Palaces(1990), The Ramayana(2008), Sita Ram’s Painted Views of India: Lord Hastings’s Journey from Calcutta to the Punjab, 1814-15(2015), and Court and Courtship: Indian Miniatures in the Tapi Collection(2020). In acknowledgement of his lifetime work on Indian art, Jerry was awarded the Colonel James Tod award in Udaipur in March 2016.

ISBN
9788193860816
Binding
Hardback
Page Extent
200
Weight (kg)
1.2
Height (in)
10.8
Width (in)
8.2
Subject
Design
Published Date
30/11/18
Publisher
Roli Books

Author

  • JP Losty (1945–2021) was Curator-in-charge of the Extensive Indian Visual Collections in the British Library in London. He worked in the Print, Drawings and Photographs section of the British Library; first as Curator and retiring as Head of the section in 2005. Between 2010 and 2021, he was regularly invited to contribute to a range of exhibition catalogues including The Indian Portrait, Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, and Masters of Indian Painting.Jerry published many books and papers on various aspects of the paintings of India from the 12th to the 19th centuries. His major books include The Art of the Book in India(1982), Calcutta City of Palaces(1990), The Ramayana(2008), Sita Ram’s Painted Views of India: Lord Hastings’s Journey from Calcutta to the Punjab, 1814-15(2015), and Court and Courtship: Indian Miniatures in the Tapi Collection(2020). In acknowledgement of his lifetime work on Indian art, Jerry was awarded the Colonel James Tod award in Udaipur in March 2016.

ISBN
9788193860816
Binding
Hardback
Page Extent
200
Weight (kg)
1.2
Height (in)
10.8
Width (in)
8.2
Subject
Design
Published Date
30/11/18
Publisher
Roli Books

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