Main entry:

Nardi, Isabella, 1970-

Title & Author:

The theory of Citrasutras in Indian painting : a critical re-evaluation of their uses and interpretations / Isabella Nardi.

Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2006.

Description:

304 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. The texts, their translations and interpretation -- 2. The traditional Indian concept of painting -- 3. Systems of measurement and proportion -- 4. Talamana and lambamana systems -- 5. Stances, hand and leg postures -- 6. Iconography -- 7. Colours, plaster, brushes and the process of painting -- 8. The theory of rasa -- App. I. Depiction of animals -- App. II. Depiction of designs -- App. III. Depiction of backgrounds.

Summary:

"The study of technical treatises in Indian art has increasingly attracted much interest. This work puts forward a critical re-examination of the key Indian concepts of painting described in the Sanskrit treatises, called citrasutras. In an in-depth and systematic analysis of the texts on the theory of Indian painting, it critically examines the different ways in which the texts have been interpreted and used in the study of Indian painting and suggests a new approach to reading and understanding their concepts. Contrary to previous publications on the subject, it is argued that the intended use of such texts as a standard of critique largely failed due to a fundamental misconceptualization of the significance of 'text' for Indian painters."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0415391954 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780415391955 (hardback ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Puranas. Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa. Citrasūtra.
Painting, Indic Technique.
Hindu painting Technique.
Peinture de l'Inde Technique.
Peinture hindoue Technique.
Painting, Hindu Technique.

Form/genre:

Vāstu Shastra publications.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 258413
Call No.: BIB 189183
Status: Available