The Holy Cow and Other Animals: A Selection of Indian Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago,9780865591967

The Holy Cow and Other Animals: A Selection of Indian Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780865591967
ISBN10: 0865591962
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Washington Pr
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Summary

Lavishly illustrated in full color, The Holy Cow and Other Animals provides an account of the fascinating interaction among the realms of the animals, mortals, and immortals as represented in 38 paintings created on the Indian subcontinent between about 1400 and 1900.

Table of Contents

Preface 1(8)
Stephen Little
Acknowledgments 9(2)
Pratapaditya Pal
Introduction 11(16)
Pratapaditya Pal
Catalogue 27(1)
Pratapaditya Pal
Betty Seid
Gods and Animals
28(4)
Animals in Narratives
32(18)
Animals in Daily Life
50(14)
Animal Studies
64(8)
Decoration and Fantasy
72(6)
Selected Bibliography 78

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