Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India
Western Indian (Gujarati) painting on palm leaf and paper: Kalpasūtra and Kālakācāryakathā manuscripts, dated colophons, costume, technique, style; 250+ illustrations.
- Language
- English
- Author
- Moti Chandra
- Extent
- 2,132 passages, 82,837 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · Ahmedabad: Sarabhai Manilal Nawab 1949; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and sections… · In copyright (Moti Chandra †1981); freely available on archive.org — shown with credit and a link to that…
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 25 parts
- c2 Contents — 17 parts
- c3 List of Illustrations — 93 parts
- c4 Foreword — 4 parts
- c5 Introduction — 37 parts
- c6 Part I. Chapter I: Historical Background — 443 parts
- c7 Chapter VI: Painted Wooden Book-Covers — 39 parts
- c8 Part II. Chapter I: Carriers and Other Implements — 10 parts
- c9 Chapter II: Pigments, Brushes, Pencils, Etc. — 16 parts
- c10 Chapter III: Technical Process and the Treatment of the Human Figure and Landscape — 60 parts
- c11 Chapter IV: Costumes and Ornaments — 10 parts
- c12 Chapter V: Esthetic Considerations in Western Indian Painting — 38 parts
- c13 Part III: Descriptions of the Plates — 456 parts
- c14 General Index — 280 parts
- c15 Select Bibliography on Western Indian Painting — 46 parts