Presented By: Center for South Asian Studies
CSAS Scholarly Lecture Series
"Figures of Speeck: Picturing Poetry in Fifteenth-Century Gujarat"
Nachiket Chanchani, Assistant Professor, History of Art, U-M
With a focus on a recension of the Vasanta Vilasa written on an eleven-meter-long scroll in Ahmedabad in 1451 CE, this talk will explore the production, dissemination, and performance of the linguistically hybrid and profusely painted scrolls and manuscripts of western India.
With a focus on a recension of the Vasanta Vilasa written on an eleven-meter-long scroll in Ahmedabad in 1451 CE, this talk will explore the production, dissemination, and performance of the linguistically hybrid and profusely painted scrolls and manuscripts of western India.