Parsi Portraits from The Studio of Raja Ravi Varma by Priya Maholay Jaradi

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 Parsi Portraits from The Studio of Raja Ravi Varma

 By Priya Maholay Jaradi

 The book documents portraits of Parsi subjects painted in the studio of Raja Ravi Varma, an aspect of the great artist that has been hardly studied.

 The author demonstrates how the westernising influence of Imperial Policy groomed the art practice and taste of several Indian portraitists and their patrons. It was especially predominant in Bombay city. Alonside Varma’s career, the urbanisation and westernisation of the Parsi community in Bombay is discussed to evidence the changing yet complementary nature of cultural and artistic tastes of asn emerging portraitist and his clientele.

 This 91 page book contains 26 colour reproductions of the artists work.

 The author of this work, Priya Maholay Jaradi was awarded her Masters degree by the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. After functioning as an independent curator in Mumbai for a few years, she worked as Assistant Curator at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore. Since 2008, Priya has been a doctoral candidate in South Asian studies at the National University of Singapore.

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