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1962. Other publications in this field are: H. Zimmer's "The Art of Indian Asia, its mythology and transformation", New York, 1960; K. Fischer's, Schoepfungen indischer Kunst (Creations of Indian Art), Koeln, 1959; H. Haertel and J. Auboyer's Indien und Suedostasien (India and Southeast Asia), Berlin, 1971. N. Gutschow (Kiel) specialises in Indian architecture. H.G. Franz (Graz) published Hinduistische und islamische Kunst Indiens, Leipzig, 1967. G. von Mitterwallner (Muenchen) specialises in Indo-Portuguese art and in Kushana and Gupta art and numismatics. E. Fischer (Zuerich) takes an interest in tribal and folk art. H. Rau (Stuttgart), whose field of specialisation is Buddhist art and architecture, is at present making a survey of temples in the Kathmandu valley. H. von Stietencron (Tuebingen) and, K. Bruhn (Berlin) study Indian iconography. H. Haertel (Berlin), former director of the Museum of Indian Art in Berlin, has been doing archaeological research at Sonkh in Mathura district for several seasons. A Gail and M. Yaldiz (Berlin), K. Fischer (Bonn), H. Mode and H. Mode and H. Plaeschke (Halle) wrote several books on Indian art.
Rāgamālā paintings were published by E. and R. L. Waldschmidt in "Miniatures of Musical Inspiration", 2 volumes, Wiesbaden, 1966/67. A. Dallapiccola, Heidelberg, has taken up the study of Rāgamālā paintings as well as Paithan paintings. She published Die Paithan Malerei Studie zu ihrer stilischen Entwicklung und Ikonographie, Wiesbaden, 1980. D. Schlingloff (Muenchen) wrote "Studies in the Ajanta paintings", New Delhi, 1987.
Music
R. Simon studied Vedic notations. J. Kuckertz (Berlin) wrote "Form und Melodiebildung der Karnatischen Musik Suedindiens" (Form and Melody in the Carnatic Music of South India), 2 volumes, Wiesbaden, 1970.
New Trends
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