Gold, silver & bronze from Mughal India / Mark Zebrowski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zebrowski, Mark.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Mughal Empire.

Metal-work--India.

Art--India.

Art.

Metal-work.

India.

Islamic art.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

367 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Gold, silver and bronze

Place of Publication:

London : Alexandria Press in association with Laurence King, 1997.

Summary:

In this, the first book on Indian metalwork, all the great surviving Mughal objects in gold, as well as enamel, silver, brass, bronze, gilt copper and the Deccani alloy known as bidri are reproduced. The majority have never been published and are unknown to the western connoisseur.

Order, beauty, richness, restraint and sensuousness describe the essence of these works of art, produced for the sultans and rajahs of India during the fabulous Mughal age. In addition to being of the most outstanding technical refinement, the finest of these metal objects are among the most striking and poetic utilitarian items ever produced. In his lively and readable text, Zebrowski explains how their greatness derives from the mingling of Hindu and Muslim sensibilities, which is at the heart of Indo-Islamic culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [360]-364) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2 has dustjacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Zebrowski, Mark. Gold, silver & bronze from Mughal India.

ISBN:

1856691152

9781856691154

OCLC:

38233100