TY  - BOOK
AU  - San Diego Museum of Art
TI  - Epic tales from ancient India
SN  - 9780300223729
U1  - 759.9507 SAN 23
CY  - San Diego
KW  - History, geographic treatment, biography 
KW  - Painting 
KW  - India
KW  - Tales of Rama
KW  - ramayana
KW  - Persian language literature
N2  - "Exploring the topic of narrativity in Indian art, this beautiful and deeply researched book considers illustrations to the Bhagavata Purana, the Ramayana, the Ragamala, and a range of texts in the Persian language, notably the Shahnama. Featuring stunning reproductions of paintings made between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries from the Edwin Binney 3rd Collection at The San Diego Museum of Art, the publication includes thorough and fascinating explanations of the narrative of each text, including how that narrative is visually conveyed. Essays examine why these particular stories are so enduring, why patrons may have chosen to have a copy of a particular text made for their own collections, and how artists responded to the challenge of creating new versions of venerable classics"
ER  -