The Powers of Art Patronage in Indian Culture
by Miller, Barbara StolerFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1992-06-18
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary
Patronage networks in India, as elsewhere, are closely related to particular socio-political systems which in turn rest in deeply pervasive and culturally patterned conceptions of power and authority. Where this power comes from and how it gains authority are central to the concerns of the essays in this volume, which collectively examine the categories through which we view the social dimensions of art, literature and performance in the Indian context.
Table of Contents
| Editor's Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Collective and Personal Patronage in Ancient India | |
| Patronage and Community | p. 19 |
| Collective and Popular Bases of Early Buddhist Patronage: Sacred Monuments, 100 BC-AD 250 | p. 35 |
| Female Patronage in Indian Buddhism | p. 46 |
| A Dynasty of Patrons: The Representation of Gupta Royalty in Coins and Literature | p. 54 |
| Before the Fall: Pride and Piety at Ajanta | p. 65 |
| The Patronage of the Lakshmana Temple at Khajuraho | p. 78 |
| Domains of Gods and Kings in the Art of South India | |
| Poets and Patrons in Tamil Literature and Literary Legend | p. 89 |
| In Praise of the Lord: The Image and Tradition of the Royal Patron in the Songs of Saint Cuntaramurtti and the Composer Tyagaraja | p. 120 |
| Kings, Gods, and Poets: Ideologies of Patronage in Medieval Andhra | p. 142 |
| Patronage and Vijayanagara Religious Foundations | p. 160 |
| Royal Architecture and Imperial Style at Vijayanagara | p. 168 |
| Competing Ideals in Mughal and Hindu Courts | |
| Mughal Sub-Imperial Patronage: The Architecture of Raja Man Singh | p. 183 |
| A Dervish in the guise of a prince: Akbar's Generalissimo Khan-i Khanan Abdur Rahim | p. 202 |
| Jahangir's Jahangir-Nama | p. 224 |
| The Painter Nainsukh and His Patron Balwant Singh | p. 235 |
| Performance and Policy under British Rule | |
| Patronage and Performance of Indian Music | p. 247 |
| Mughal and English Patronage of Urdu Poetry: A Comparison | p. 259 |
| Status and Patronage of Artists during British Rule in India (c. 1850-1900) | p. 277 |
| Transformation of Objects into Artifacts, Antiquities and Art in Nineteenth-Century India | p. 301 |
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