Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India

Author: B.N. Goswamy, Eberhard Fischer

ISBN: 978-8189738464

Price: Rs. 2375.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition

Book Overview

The book challenges the popular notion of the Pahari painter being an anonymous craftsman plying predetermined strokes. When first published in German, it was widely acclaimed and has come to occupy the status of a classic.

Browse this title within our Children's Books collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 392 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-8189738464.

About the Author

BN Goswamy, distinguished art historian, is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. His work covers a wide range and is regarded, especially in the area of Pahari painting, as having influenced much thinking. He has received the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, the Rietberg Award for Outstanding Research in Art History, the Padma Shri (1998) and the Padma Bhushan (2008) from the President of India. Among his publications are: Pahari Painting: The Family as the Basis of Style (Marg, Bombay,1968); Essence of Indian Art (San Francisco, 1986); Wonders of a Golden Age (with E. Fischer, Zurich, 1987); Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India (with E. Fischer; Zurich, 1992); Indian Costumes in the Collection of the Calico Museum of Textiles (Ahmedabad, 1993); Nainsukh of Guler: A great Indian Painter from a small Hill State (Zurich, 1997); Painted Visions (New Delhi, 1999); Piety and Splendour: Sikh Heritage in Art (New Delhi, 2000); Domains of Wonder (with Caron Smith; San Diego, 2005), and I See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and Devotion (with Caron Smith; New York, 2006). Eberhard Fischer is a renowned art historian and cultural anthropologist. Till recently he was the Director of the Museum Rietberg, Zurich. Among his most authoritative works are: The Patola of Gujarat (with Alfred Buehler; 1979); Wonders of a Golden Age (with BN Goswamy;1987); Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India (with BN Goswamy; 1992); Murals for Goddesses and Gods (with Dinanath Pathy; 1996); The Temple of Devi Kothi (with V.C.Ohri and others; 2002); Amorous Delight: The Amarushataka Palm-Leaf Manuscript (with Dinanath Pathy; 2006) and Guro: Masks, Performances and Master Carvers in Ivory Coast (2008).

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• You’ll love this book for the way it reshapes how you see Pahari painting—not as anonymous craft, but as the work of distinct, master artists with vision and voice. Celebrated as a classic since its first German edition, this premium art history title offers deep scholarly insight, rich cultural context, and close visual analysis. It’s the kind of reference you’ll return to again and again, whether you’re studying Indian art or simply savoring its refined beauty.
• Published by NIYOGI BOOKS.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 392.

Catalog Description

The book challenges the popular notion of the Pahari painter being an anonymous craftsman plying predetermined strokes. When first published in German, it was widely acclaimed and has come to occupy the status of a classic.

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