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Sikh Paintings: Guler Aesthetic From Punjab Hills To Punjab Plains (1730-1880)

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HBI334
Author: Gurdeep Kaur
Publisher: Lahore Book Shop, Ludhiana
Language: English
Edition: 2021
ISBN: 9788197241284
Pages: 289 (Color Illustrations)
Cover: HARDCOVER
11.5x9 inch
1.66 kg
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About the Author
Dr Gurdeep Kour has completed her Ph.D. in Sikh Miniature Paintings in 2019 from Lovely Professional University, Punjab, under UGC JRF Fellowship. Her area of research is Sikh miniature paintings and Mughal- Rajput & Sikh interactions and influences. She has published many research papers, books and also presented papers in International and National conferences.

Preface
The work honors Guler aesthetic in Sikh paintings in the light of new evidences, inscriptions and signatures of Guler master painters. Nainsukh was the master painter of the naturalistic style, whose experimentations with Mughal and native style caused a new style. His delicate style was followed by his sons- grandsons, disciples and other local painters. Guler painters had substantial influences on the growth of painting in the Punjab hills. Guler style was not limited in Guler and extended towards hills and plains of Punjab, travelling with the Guler painters, who established their ateliers in Jasrota, Basohli, Chamba, Nurpur and Kangra etc. The study covers the whole body of work emerged in Guler style commissioned under Sikhs patrons, chiefly merging Guler phraseologies. With the annexation of hilly areas by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, painters migrated towards Punjab plains and established their ateliers in Una, Lahore, Amritsar, Kapurthala and Phulkian states. Guler style influenced native styles absorbing local variants.

A plenty of work was done for Sikh patrons by flock of Pahari painters merging local variants. The whole work has now acknowledged as "Pahari' style or sometimes as "Pahari-Sikh collectively, but painters arrived in Punjab plains from different hill states along with their styles.

Guler- Sikh style distinguishes Sikh paintings from other hill styles. The signed works indicate particular painterly styles. Sikh patrons favored Guler style for their portraits and narratives, which gave a particular character and flavor to Sikh paintings from second half of eighteenth century till the end of nineteenth century. The study deliberates the Guler aesthetic particularly with adjustments and alterations under Sikh impressions. Some work was also commissioned under Hindu patrons of Punjab plains.

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