Indian Miniatures

by Mario Bussagli

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, price-clipped dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, sunned spine (see photographs)

"Pictorial art ranks as one of India's foremost arts with literature, the theatre and music.  At one extreme there are the great cycles of mural paintings, in temples and palaces, and at the other there are the miniature paintings which, in spite of their size, are still able to express profound psychological values. 
The full flowering of miniature art began when India came into direct and violent contact with Islam, and reached its highest peak of splendour during the Mogul empire between 16th and 18th centuries."