Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
List of figures
Survey of the literature
Chapter I.
A Survey of Painting in South Asia: 1545-1950
The Mughal Period Through British Expansion: 1545-1880
Painting in the Punjab: 1799-1935
Painting and Politics in Bengal: 1896-1935
Painting in Bombay: 1857-1940
Neo-European synthesists: 1935-1950
Chapter II.
Biography of the Artist
Chapter III.
The First Period: 1918-1922
The Second Period: 1922-1927
The Third Period: 1928-1934
The Fourth Period: 1935-1950
The Fifth Period: 1950-1970
Chapter IV.
Subject Matter and Iconography
Persian and Urdu Poetry: Ghalib and Omar Khayyam
Islamic Literature and Punjabi Folktales
Hindu and Buddhist Legends and Mythology
Chughtai and Iqbal: Islam ic ideals, Heroes and Heroines
Islamic Heroes Before the Mughal Period
Royal Portraits: Babur to Aurangzeb
Other Mughal Subjects
Genre and People of South Asia
Pigeons, Landscape and Still Life
Chapter V.
Technique and Color
Chapter VI.
Etchings
Chapter VII.
The Question of Modernism in Chughtai's Art
Chapter VIII.
The Need for a Revision of Chughtai's Status in the Indo-Pakistan Subcontinent
Chapter IX.
Bibliography
Chapter X.
Figures
Abstract:
The dissertation is 372 pages not including images. There are 272 images, most are in color. This is the most comprehensive and reliable coverage to date of Chughtai. I have as well three or four conference presentations on Chughtai and his contribution to the art history of Pakistan. These are available on request.
Abdur Rahman Chughtai: A Modern Pakistani Artist: PhD Dissertation The Ohio State University
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