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This book about miniature painting at the Bundelkhand royal courts of Orchha, Datia, and Panna is the first to admit an understanding of the works that two fatal misconceptions regarding their time and place of origin have hitherto thwarted. The miniature school of Bundelkhand that first developed at Orchha was the earliest and most Indian of all the Rajput schools and at the time of its founding the only one to practice a purely indigenous style of painting, “untainted” by the naturalism of imperial Mughal painting. The author’s interpretations and stylistic analyses of over 240 paintings from his collection, many of them published here for the first time, shed light on the school’s development from the late 16th century to the early days of British rule.
\nThe book also introduces readers to the conceptual world of Rajput miniature painting and the rasa aesthetic that anticipates the modern reception aesthetic. Origins of Orchha Painting<\/em><\/strong>, the first volume of the series Orchha, Datia, Panna: Miniatures from the Royal Courts of Bundelkhand (1590–1850),<\/em> deals with the founding period of Orchha painting, the years 1590–1605, and how it derived from pre-Mughal Early Rajput painting, which flourished at the Tomar court of Gwalior from around 1460 until the downfall of the Hindu kingdom in 1518. The subsequent volumes, Stylistic Trends in Bundelkhand Painting<\/em>, analyze how this Rajput school developed during the period 1605–1635 and spread to Datia after the disintegration of Orchha in 1635 and later to Panna, the Bundela state of Chattrasal, in the 1680s. Bundelkhand painting ended with Chattrasal’s death in 1731, and it was only after a long interruption, in the beginning of the 19th century, that the school experienced an Indian summer at the court of Datia during the period of British suzerainty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This book about miniature painting at the Bundelkhand royal courts of Orchha, Datia, and Panna is the first to admit an understanding of the works that two fatal misconceptions regarding their time and place of origin have hitherto thwarted.<\/p>\n

Director’s Foreword
\nPreface
\nAddendum to the Preface: “Orchha 1592,” not “Malwa 1634”
\nRecollections of a Diplomat and Art Collector<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong>
\nIntroduction
\nThe Religious World of Orchha Painting
\nThe Aesthetics of Indian Painting<\/p>\n

Precursors of Orchha Painting<\/strong>
\nPrecursors of Orchha Painting
\nJaina, Hindu, and Indo-Persian Book Painting in the Era of the Delhi Sultanate ( 1206–1526 )
\nEarly Rajput Painting at the Tomar Court of Gwalior, c. 1460–1518
\nAppendix: Date and Origin of the Early Rajput Manuscripts<\/p>\n

Painting at the Bundela Courts of Orchha, Datia, and Panna<\/strong>
\nThe Bundela Rajas, 1257–1947
\nThe Illustrated Texts: Love Courtly and Divine as the Central Theme of Bundela Painting<\/p>\n

Period I: Orchha Painting c. 1590–1605<\/strong>
\nThe Founding of the Orchha School: Madhukar Shah ( r. 1554–1592 ) and Ram Shah ( r. 1592–1605 )
\nThe First Orchha Rasikapriya, c. 1592–1595
\nThe First Orchha Gitagovinda, c. 1590
\nThe First Orchha Ramayana, c. 1600<\/p>\n

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