Ruminations, which is Goswamy's last work, rues the vanishing traces of artisans' guilds in Europe, celebrates the illustrations to La Fontaine's Fables produced in Lahore and opens a window to the Jain legend of Ilaputra, who was driven to the edge of renunciation. It also explores the pioneering map of the world drawn by the Turkish admiral Piri Reis, admires the dazzling range of embroideries in the Calico Museum, chronicles the ensigns of royalty that belong to the Mughal period, brings to light Timurid kitabkhanas and much more.
Lucid, comprehensive and engaging, Ruminations is the most definitive primer on art in India and South Asia.
Apart from Panjab University, Goswamy was also visiting professor at the universities of Heidelberg, Pennsylvania, California (Berkeley and UCLA), Texas (Austin) and Zurich. He has been responsible for significant exhibitions of Indian art at international venues, including Paris, San Francisco, Zurich, New Delhi, San Diego and New York. He is the author of over twenty-five books on Indian art and culture, including Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works (Penguin, 2014) and Conversations: India's Leading Art Historian Engages with 101 Themes, and More (Penguin, 2022).
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