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Article
‘An Indian Renascence’ and the rise of global modernism: William Rothenstein in India, 1910–11
04/2010 | 1285 | 152
Pages: 228-235
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Author:
Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard (Arrowsmith, Rupert Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Rothenstein, William
artists:
Herringham, Christiana / Tagore, Abanindranath
dates:
1910-1919
places:
India
print:
Rothenstein, William
subjects:
British painting / Travel / Wall paintings / Frescoes / Copies / Copying / Cave paintings / Cave temples / Indian painting / Indian architecture / Indian sculpture / Ajanta Caves (frescoes) / Drawings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. Photograph of the interior of Cave I at Ajanta, by Victor Goloubew. 1910. From ‘Documents pour servir à l’étude d’Ajanta: les peintures de la première grotte’, Ars Asiatica 10 (November 1927).
Attributed works:
23. Copy of a painting in Cave XVII at Ajanta depicting a scene from the Sibi Jataka, by Christiana Herringham and Dorothy Larcher. 1910–11. Tempera. (Lost).
Attributed works:
24. Copy of a painting in Cave XVII at Ajanta depicting a palace scene, by Nandalal Bose. 1910–11. Watercolour. (Lost).
Attributed works:
25. Copy of a painting in Cave I at Ajanta depicting a bodhisattva, by Syad Ahmad and Muhammad Faizl ud Din. 1910–11. Watercolour. (Lost).
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26. Morning at Benares, by William Rothenstein. 1911. Canvas, 89 by 124.5 cm. (Present whereabouts unknown).
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27. Copy of a painting in Cave XVII at Ajanta depicting female devotees, by Nandalal Bose. 1910–11. Watercolour. (Lost).
Attributed works:
28. Young Hindu woman, by William Rothenstein. 1911. Pencil, 30 by 26 cm. (Abbott and Holder, London).
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29. Detail of Seated figures, by William Rothenstein. 1911. Pencil, 30 by 26 cm. (Abbott and Holder, London).
Attributed works:
30. Woman offering puja, by William Rothenstein. 1911. Pencil, 30 by 26 cm. (Abbott and Holder, London).
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31. The traveller and the lotus, by Abanindranath Tagore. 1901. Chromolith­ograph, 25 by 19 cm. (Private collection).
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32. Young man in a turban, by William Rothenstein. 1911. Pencil, 30 by 26 cm. (Abbott and Holder, London).
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33. Tissarakshita, Queen of Asoka, by Abanindranath Tagore. 1911. Watercolour, 30 by 26 cm. (Royal Collection, Windsor).
Attributed works:
34. Tibetan monk, by William Rothenstein. 1911. Pencil, 30 by 26 cm. (Abbott and Holder, London).
Book Review
The Ajanta Frescoes
04/1957 | 649 | 99
Pages: 127
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Reviewer:
Archer, W. G. (Archer, W. G.)
Subjects
buildings:
Ajanta Caves, Ajanta, Maharashtra, India
places:
India / Ajanta
subjects:
Indian / Paintings / Frescoes
works:
Ajanta Caves (frescoes)
Reviewed Items
works:
Ajanta Frescoes: Part IV | author: Yazdani, G.
Book Review
Ajanta
11/1933 | 368 | 63
Pages: 235
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Reviewer:
Wilkinson, J. V. S. (Wilkinson, J. V. S.; W., J. V. S.; Wilkinson, J. S.; Wilkinson, James Vere Stewart)
Subjects
buildings:
Ajanta Caves, Ajanta, Maharashtra, India
places:
India / Ajanta
subjects:
Paintings / Frescoes / Indian
works:
Ajanta Caves (frescoes)
Reviewed Items
works:
Ajanta | author: Allan, John , author: Yazdani, G.
Book Review
Ajanta. The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography. Part I
05/1931 | 338 | 58
Pages: 255
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Reviewer:
Wilkinson, J. V. S. (Wilkinson, J. V. S.; W., J. V. S.; Wilkinson, J. S.; Wilkinson, James Vere Stewart)
Subjects
buildings:
Ajanta Caves, Ajanta, Maharashtra, India
places:
India
subjects:
Indian / Frescoes / Paintings / Reproductions
works:
Ajanta Caves (frescoes)
Reviewed Items
works:
Ajanta. The Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes Based on Photography. Part I | author: Yazdani, G.
Article
Some Buddhist Frescoes from China
09/1927 | 294 | 51
Pages: 121-123+126-129
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Author:
Yetts, W. Perceval (Yetts, W. Perceval; Yetts, Walter Perceval; Yetts, W. Percival; Y., W. P.; Yetts, Perceval; Y., P.; Yetts, W. P.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Penn Museum, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, United
places:
China
places:
United States / Philadelphia
subjects:
Chinese painting / Frescoes / Buddhist
subjects:
Wall paintings
subjects:
Buddhas / Tang
subjects:
Chinese Art / Chinese / Aesthetics
subjects:
Bodhisattva / Iconography
subjects:
Avalokitesvara
works:
Ajanta Caves (frescoes)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. Portions of a Buddhist Fresco from China. A-5.45 by 2.36 m. B-4.5 by 2.43 m. (Museum of Pennsylvania University). Some Buddhist Frescoes from China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. Portions of a Buddhist Fresco from China. A-1.56 by 0.6 m. B-3.7 by 2.19 m. (Museum of Pennsylvania University). Some Buddhist Frescoes from China
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate III. A-Portrait of a Monk. 8.12 by 6.66 cm. (British Museum.) B-Avalokitesvara. 8.9 cm., Square. (Mr. E. R. Debenham.) C-Unidentified Figure. 2.85 by 1.16 m. (Victoria and Albert Museum). Some Buddhist Frescoes from China
Article
Ajantā Frescoes
07/1916 | 160 | 29
Pages: 154-155+158-161
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Author:
Ross, Robert (Ross, Robert; Ross, Robert Baldwin; Ross, Robbie)
Subjects
art literature:
Herringham, Christiana
art literature:
Rothenstein, William
art literature:
Thomas, F. W.
buildings:
Ajanta Caves, Ajanta, Maharashtra, India
dates:
0450-0499 / 0500-0599 / 0600-0649
places:
India / Ajanta
subjects:
Indian / Frescoes / Paintings
subjects:
Buddhist / Art criticism
works:
Ajanta Caves (frescoes)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Plate I. (A) "The Questions of Śāriputra", Cave XVII, Wall of Antechamber, Left Corner. from a Water-Colour Drawing by Syad Ahmad Ajantā Frescoes", Pl. XXII (24). Ajantā Frescoes
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Plate II. (B) Mātriposhaka Jātaka: The Elephant Returns to His Mother and Kindred in the Jungle. Cave XVII. From a Copy in Tempera by Lady Herringham. "Ajanta Frescoes", Pl. XXI (23). Ajantā Frescoes
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Plate II. (C) Detail of "The Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, or Great Buddha." Back Wall of Hall, Left of Antechamber. From a Water-Colour Copy by Syad Ahmad and Muhammad Fazl Ud din. "Ajantā Frescoes", Pl. XXXII (35). Ajantā Frescoes
Article
The Frescos of Ajantà
06/1910 | 87 | 17
Pages: 134+136-139
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Author:
Herringham, Christiana (Herringham, Christiana; Herringham; Herringham, C. F.; Herringham, C. J.; Powell, Christiana Jane)
Subjects
buildings:
Ajanta Caves, Ajanta, Maharashtra, India
dates:
0500-0599
places:
India / Ajanta
subjects:
Paintings / Frescoes / Indian / Attributions / Dating / Techniques
works:
Ajanta Caves (frescoes)
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Gautama Buddha (?) Fresco in Cave I. At Ajantà. The Frescos of Ajantà