Gods in Print: Masterpieces of India's Mythological Art: A Century of Sacred Art (1870-1970)

by Richard H. Davis

Gods in Print is the first comprehensive collection of early hand-colored lithographs, multiple-block chromolithographs, and offset print images of India's world of gods and goddesses. India's love of gods in print began in the 1870s with the founding of the Calcutta Art Studio and the Chitrashala Press. In 1894, artists Ravi and Raja Varma set up the Ravi Varma Fine Art Lithographic Press outside Bombay. By the early 1900s, these presses had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1608871096
• ISBN13: 9781608871094
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Mandala Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 4.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 10.0" x 13.5"