An academic study by anthropologist Christopher Pinney of the printed devotional image in India, centered on Ravi Varma's press and its role in the political and cultural life of the images it produced. Its strength is a sustained scholarly treatment of exactly this subject, mass-produced Hindu devotional prints and their afterlife. Its limit is that this atlas could verify its publisher listing and subject directly, but the full text sat behind an access wall not reachable during research, so it is cited here for the fact of sustained academic attention to Ravi Varma's printed imagery rather than quoted for specific findings.
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Reliability Tier2
Christopher Pinney's Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India, Reaktion Books, London, 2004, the middle tier reflecting a genuine academic study by an anthropologist from an established art-focused press rather than a general university press, weighed against its sustained scholarly treatment of exactly this subject. Its limit is that this atlas could verify its publisher listing and subject directly, but the full text sat behind an access wall not reachable during research, so it is cited for the fact of sustained academic attention to Ravi Varma's printed imagery rather than quoted for specific findings. NotesCited for the fact of academic attention to the cultural and political significance of Ravi Varma's printed devotional imagery.
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AuthorChristopher Pinney
PublisherReaktion Books, London
Publication Year2004
Source Typereference
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This source names India directly: "of the printed devotional image in India, centered on Ravi Varma's press and its role in the political and cultural life of the images it produced."
Source Christopher Pinney, Photos of the Gods: The Printed Image and Political Struggle in India, Reaktion Books, 2004Christopher Pinney
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sacred Art & Iconography, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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