During the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the Nawwabs of Rampur, the hereditary rulers of Rohilkhand, a district some 75 kilometers east of New Delhi, amassed a large collection of books and art, including illustrated books and album paintings. Their collection was given to the people of India after independence. The Raza Library at Rampur thus possesses a remarkable colle…
Traditionally, Indian paintings have been classified by regional styles or dynastic periods, with an emphasis on subject matter. Stressing the combined tools of connoisseurship and inscriptional evidence the pioneering research reflected in this book has identified individual artist and their oeuvres through the analysis of style
Joseon Potraits III is the last volume of the three-volume catalog series of Joseon potraits in the collection of National Museom of Korea. The publication of this volume marks a completion of the three year project of compiling potraits catalogs.
This catalogue includes the collected works of Joseon court paintings depiciting royal processions (banchado)
The collected works are Joseon court paintings documenting events such as the royal archery ceremony and an official meeting of bureaucrats and the royal prince. Paintings depiciting court processions (banchado) will be selected and published separately in another volume of this series.