{"product_id":"9789385285820","title":"Manaku of Guler: The Life and Work of Another Great Indian Painter From a Small Hill State","description":"• Brings together two uncommonly gifted individuals: an 18th century Indian painter and a 21st century art historian. The fruit of this collaboration across time between painter and art historian makes for compelling reading\u003cp\u003e• A work of an art historian who has ferreted out, from a virtually anonymous tradition, information on individual painters, and, after bringing them out of obscurity, has been writing on them with rare insights and warmth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Story of a Lesser Known Pahari Painter with immense talent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work centers upon Manaku of Guler - older brother of the greatly celebrated Nainsukh - reconstructing whatever little is known of his life, but following closely his artistic journey. Manaku came from an obscure little town in the hills of northern India - home to his singularly talented family - and yet his vision knew almost no limits. Endowed with soaring imagination and great painterly skills, this man - with a name that literally means a ruby, whose glow keeps hinting at an inner fire - was capable of painting giant rings of time upon timeless waters, envisioning the world of gods and demons, littered with cosmic battles and earthly triumphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt least three great series were painted by Manaku: the Siege of Lanka which took forward the narrative of the Ramayana from the point where his father, the gifted Pandit Seu, had left it; the Gita Govinda and the Bhagavata Purana. Every single folio that has survived and is at present accessible - the number comes close to five hundred - from these series finds a place in this uncommonly rich volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the second time - Nainsukh of Guler was the first (also published by Niyogi Books) - Professor Goswamy looks here at the entire body of work of a great Indian artist from the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Niyogi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47059366838512,"sku":"9789385285820","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789385285820_p0.jpg?v=1763675309","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789385285820","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}