Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; Pichhvai Painting: History & Contemporary Practice; Hinduism; The Pichhvai Painting Tradition & a Contemporary Studio in Jaipur; The Maharasa Lila Pichhvai; The Mount Govardhan Pichhvai; The Varsha Pichhvai; Methods of Painting & Its Symbolism; Colour Symbolism; Indian Alchemy; Mortar & Pestle: Khalva Yantra; Stone Colour; The Art of the Line; Brushes; Cloth for Pichhvais; Tracing & Transferring; Ground of the Painting, Gum Arabic & Pigment to Paint; Colour Filling; Burnishing; Sky & Landscape; Figures; Faces; Materials of Painting; Classification of Pigments; White Pigments; Red Pigments; Orange Pigments; Green Pigments; Blue Pigments; Black & Brown Pigments; Yellow Pigments; Metal Pigments; Glossary.