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A concise introduction to the MFA Boston's celebrated collection of South Asian art

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical areacomprising India and the countries that surround itand more than four millennia. Among these objects are expressive figures in bronze and stone, dazzlingly intricate miniature paintings, luxury textiles and exquisite metalwork.

Arranged thematically around dualities of art and craft, sacred and secular, Hindu and Muslim, real and ideal, male and female, and local and foreignreflecting and challenging the dualistic thinking often applied to South Asian artthe works gathered in this volume reveal the richness and depth of South Asian art and culture.

MFA Highlights Arts of South Asia

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      Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts,Boston
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 04/08/2020
      ISBN13: 9780878468720, 978-0878468720
      ISBN10: 878468722

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A concise introduction to the MFA Boston's celebrated collection of South Asian art

      The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical areacomprising India and the countries that surround itand more than four millennia. Among these objects are expressive figures in bronze and stone, dazzlingly intricate miniature paintings, luxury textiles and exquisite metalwork.

      Arranged thematically around dualities of art and craft, sacred and secular, Hindu and Muslim, real and ideal, male and female, and local and foreignreflecting and challenging the dualistic thinking often applied to South Asian artthe works gathered in this volume reveal the richness and depth of South Asian art and culture.

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