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Patnaik, Naveen (Text). Introduction By Stuart Cary Welch Illustrations By Bannu.
A Second Paradise. Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1985, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Bannu, Condition: Fine/Fine, A beautiful book on the depicting the art, culture and time of the Indian Maharaja's. The court reflected every aspect of life, revolving around the centural figure of the king. With the ruler as patron, there flourished great schools of music, poetry, cuisine, philosophy, and painting, taking court life to a peak of subtlety and slpendor. In this volume is the art and text of the days and nights of princely courts from the early Mughal emperors through the legendary rulers of the late 19th century. It goes behind the harem walls to reveal the lives of royal women in training of courtesan, the preparation of a princess for the bridal chamber, the use of intoxicants to enhance the madness of passion. Describing ancient ceremonies and spectacular celebrations. Lavishly illustrated with exquisite Indian minatures and actual photographs black & white & hand colored), many published for the first time, and augmented by water colors created especially for this book, by a descendant of court painters. First Edition. Brown cloth boards and spine. Illustrated color end papers. DJ not price clipped, pictorial, black spine. In protective mylar. A magnificent portrayal of Royal India. sm 4 to, 192 p
(Maharaja, S, Of, India, Mughal, Emperors, Of, India, Poetry, Of, India, Painting, Of, India, Art, Of, India, 19th, Century, India, Indian, Courts, Mughal, Painting, Of, India, Rajput, Painting, Of, India, British, Occupied, India, India, History, Hindu, Art, Indian, Harems, Indian, Courtesans) Cat No. 1571.
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Patnaik, Naveen (Text). Introduction By Stuart Cary Welch Illustrations By Bannu.
A Second Paradise. Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1985, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Bannu, Condition: Fine/Fine, A beautiful book on the depicting the art, culture and time of the Indian Maharaja's. The court reflected every aspect of life, revolving around the centural figure of the king. With the ruler as patron, there flourished great schools of music, poetry, cuisine, philosophy, and painting, taking court life to a peak of subtlety and slpendor. In this volume is the art and text of the days and nights of princely courts from the early Mughal emperors through the legendary rulers of the late 19th century. It goes behind the harem walls to reveal the lives of royal women in training of courtesan, the preparation of a princess for the bridal chamber, the use of intoxicants to enhance the madness of passion. Describing ancient ceremonies and spectacular celebrations. Lavishly illustrated with exquisite Indian minatures and actual photographs black & white & hand colored), many published for the first time, and augmented by water colors created especially for this book, by a descendant of court painters. First Edition. Brown cloth boards and spine. Illustrated color end papers. DJ not price clipped, pictorial, black spine. In protective mylar. A magnificent portrayal of Royal India. sm 4 to, 192 p
(Maharaja, S, Of, India, Mughal, Emperors, Of, India, Poetry, Of, India, Painting, Of, India, Art, Of, India, 19th, Century, India, Indian, Courts, Mughal, Painting, Of, India, Rajput, Painting, Of, India, British, Occupied, India, India, History, Hindu, Art, Indian, Harems, Indian, Courtesans) Cat No. 1571.
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32.50
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Patnaik, Naveen (Text). Introduction By Stuart Cary Welch Illustrations By Bannu.
A Second Paradise. Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1985, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Bannu, Condition: Fine/Fine, A beautiful book on the depicting the art, culture and time of the Indian Maharaja's. The court reflected every aspect of life, revolving around the centural figure of the king. With the ruler as patron, there flourished great schools of music, poetry, cuisine, philosophy, and painting, taking court life to a peak of subtlety and slpendor. In this volume is the art and text of the days and nights of princely courts from the early Mughal emperors through the legendary rulers of the late 19th century. It goes behind the harem walls to reveal the lives of royal women in training of courtesan, the preparation of a princess for the bridal chamber, the use of intoxicants to enhance the madness of passion. Describing ancient ceremonies and spectacular celebrations. Lavishly illustrated with exquisite Indian minatures and actual photographs black & white & hand colored), many published for the first time, and augmented by water colors created especially for this book, by a descendant of court painters. First Edition. Brown cloth boards and spine. Illustrated color end papers. DJ not price clipped, pictorial, black spine. In protective mylar. A magnificent portrayal of Royal India. sm 4 to, 192 p
(Maharaja, S, Of, India, Mughal, Emperors, Of, India, Poetry, Of, India, Painting, Of, India, Art, Of, India, 19th, Century, India, Indian, Courts, Mughal, Painting, Of, India, Rajput, Painting, Of, India, British, Occupied, India, India, History, Hindu, Art, Indian, Harems, Indian, Courtesans) Cat No. 1571.
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Patnaik, Naveen (Text). Introduction By Stuart Cary Welch Illustrations By Bannu.
A Second Paradise. Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1985, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Bannu, Condition: Fine/Fine, A beautiful book on the depicting the art, culture and time of the Indian Maharaja's. The court reflected every aspect of life, revolving around the centural figure of the king. With the ruler as patron, there flourished great schools of music, poetry, cuisine, philosophy, and painting, taking court life to a peak of subtlety and slpendor. In this volume is the art and text of the days and nights of princely courts from the early Mughal emperors through the legendary rulers of the late 19th century. It goes behind the harem walls to reveal the lives of royal women in training of courtesan, the preparation of a princess for the bridal chamber, the use of intoxicants to enhance the madness of passion. Describing ancient ceremonies and spectacular celebrations. Lavishly illustrated with exquisite Indian minatures and actual photographs black & white & hand colored), many published for the first time, and augmented by water colors created especially for this book, by a descendant of court painters. First Edition. Brown cloth boards and spine. Illustrated color end papers. DJ not price clipped, pictorial, black spine. In protective mylar. A magnificent portrayal of Royal India. sm 4 to, 192 p
(Maharaja, S, Of, India, Mughal, Emperors, Of, India, Poetry, Of, India, Painting, Of, India, Art, Of, India, 19th, Century, India, Indian, Courts, Mughal, Painting, Of, India, Rajput, Painting, Of, India, British, Occupied, India, India, History, Hindu, Art, Indian, Harems, Indian, Courtesans) Cat No. 1571.
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Patnaik, Naveen (Text). Introduction By Stuart Cary Welch Illustrations By Bannu.
A Second Paradise. Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947
New York, Doubleday & Company,
1985, First Edition ed, Hard Cover,
illus: Bannu, Condition: Fine/Fine, A beautiful book on the depicting the art, culture and time of the Indian Maharaja's. The court reflected every aspect of life, revolving around the centural figure of the king. With the ruler as patron, there flourished great schools of music, poetry, cuisine, philosophy, and painting, taking court life to a peak of subtlety and slpendor. In this volume is the art and text of the days and nights of princely courts from the early Mughal emperors through the legendary rulers of the late 19th century. It goes behind the harem walls to reveal the lives of royal women in training of courtesan, the preparation of a princess for the bridal chamber, the use of intoxicants to enhance the madness of passion. Describing ancient ceremonies and spectacular celebrations. Lavishly illustrated with exquisite Indian minatures and actual photographs black & white & hand colored), many published for the first time, and augmented by water colors created especially for this book, by a descendant of court painters. First Edition. Brown cloth boards and spine. Illustrated color end papers. DJ not price clipped, pictorial, black spine. In protective mylar. A magnificent portrayal of Royal India. sm 4 to, 192 p
(Maharaja, S, Of, India, Mughal, Emperors, Of, India, Poetry, Of, India, Painting, Of, India, Art, Of, India, 19th, Century, India, Indian, Courts, Mughal, Painting, Of, India, Rajput, Painting, Of, India, British, Occupied, India, India, History, Hindu, Art, Indian, Harems, Indian, Courtesans) Cat No. 1571.
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