Lahore: Paintings, Murals and Calligraphy, , Barbara Schmitz, Marg Publications, 8185026971

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Lahore: Paintings, Murals and Calligraphy

Barbara Schmitz (Editor)

Synopsis Lahore, the capital of Pakistan's Punjab province is today a large sprawling city of almost eight million people that also serves as Pakistan's centre for education and the arts. In its past the city has had two major periods of glory - during the reigns of the Great Mughals and during the rule of Ranjit Singh and his two sons with century separating the two a virtual terra incognito. Under British rule there were new influences on art subjects and materials from Europe, and with Partition, a vibrant new modern painting was born in the city. This book presents new research on painting and calligraphy produced in Lahore, written by scholars who live in the city today.

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About the author

Barbara Schmitz

Barbara Schmitz received her Ph.D. from The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University in 1981. She is the author of three catalogues of Islamic paintings: Islamic Manuscripts in The New York Public Library (New York, 1992); Islamic and Indian Manuscripts and Paintings in The Pierpont Morgan Library (New York, 1996); and with Z.A. Desai, Mughal and Persian Painting and Illustrated Manuscripts in the Raza Library, Rampur (New Delhi, 2002). She has also contributed articles to Encyclopaedia Iranica and journals. Her interest in later Indian painting was supported by a Fulbright research grant to India in 1992-93.

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