Isabella Nardi
List of John Benjamins publications in which Isabella Nardi is involved.
Articles
2007 The Concepts of Painting and the Figure of the Painter as Described in Selected Sanskrit Sources Archív Orientální 75:3, pp. 291–303 | Article
The purpose of this study is to provide new insights into our understanding of Indian traditional concepts of painting and into the painter from the point of view of Sanskrit technical treatises. A number of śilpa śāstras explain the concept of painting by highlighting the divine origin of this… read more
2006 Mewari Paintings in the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Mughal Influences and Rajput Experimentation at the Court of Maharana Amar Singh II (r. 1698–1710) Archív Orientální 74:4, pp. 425–450 | Article
This paper examines the visual tradition of the court of Udaipur, in Rajasthan (India) during the reign of Maharana Amar Singh II, who ruled over the region of Mewar from 1698 to 1710 AD. This was a period of transition and experimentation from iconographic as well as stylistic perspectives. In… read more