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Life at court : art for India's rulers, 16th-19th centuries / by Vishakha N. Desai ; with essays by B.N. Goswamy and Ainslie T. Embree.

Title
  1. Life at court : art for India's rulers, 16th-19th centuries / by Vishakha N. Desai ; with essays by B.N. Goswamy and Ainslie T. Embree.
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  1. Boston, Mass. : Museum of Fine Arts, c1985.
Author
  1. Desai, Vishakha N.

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Additional authors
  1. Goswamy, B. N., 1933-
  2. Embree, Ainslie Thomas
  3. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  4. Dallas Museum of Art
Description
  1. xxiii, 162 p. : ill. (some col.), 1 map; 26 cm.
Summary
  1. This book deals with the secular tradition in India. It brings together courtly pictures with nonsectarian, nonliterary themes (hunts, harems, entertainment, and royal gatherings) made for the Hindu, Muslim, and British rulers of India. This exhibition takes place during the "Festival of India," a nationwide celebration of Indian culture in the United States.--From the foreword.
Subject
  1. Art, Mogul Empire > Exhibitions
  2. Rajput art > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  1. Exhibition catalogs
  2. Exhibition catalogs.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Catalogue of an exhibition held at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nov. 20, 1985-Feb. 9, 1986 and Dallas Museum of Art, Mar. 16-May 11, 1986.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. 159-161.
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