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Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting
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Peaceful Conquerors: Jain Manuscript Painting
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1000 Fifth Avenue
at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028
USA
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Exhibiton
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Recurs weekly from 9/15/09 until 3/21/10
(remind me)
(download to outlook)
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Starts at 9:30AM EDT, ends at 5:30PM EDT 2 days later
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Contact:
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kena
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alquenar@msn.com
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212-535-7710
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For more information visit: http://www.metmuseum.org
Event contact telephone: 212-535-7710
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The art of the book in medieval India is closely associated with the Jain religious community, and illustrated palm-leaf manuscripts survive from around the tenth century, while those on paper appear after the twelfth, when paper was introduced from Iran. The use of paper permitted larger compositions and a greater variety of decorative devices and borders. Significantly, however, the format of the palm-leaf manuscript was retained. By the end of the fourteenth century, deluxe manuscripts were produced on paper, brilliantly adorned with gold, silver, crimson, and a rich ultramarine derived from imported lapis lazuli. The patrons of the works were mainly Svetambara Jains, who considered the commissioning of illustrated books and their donation to Jain temple libraries to be an important merit-making activity. A selection of these exquisite manuscripts will be on view, along with bronzes sculptures of Jinas and a ceremonial painted textile.
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