Published to accompany an exhibition held in 2005-2006 at the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Dallas Museum of Art, this oversized catalog (10.5x10.5") presents full-page color plates of 126 paintings from the 15th-19th centuries. A lengthy entry on the facing page accompanies each painting describing the meaning and source of the scene, its composition and formal qualities, and details on the painter or school that created it. Goswamy is emeritus, art history, Panjab U., India; Caron is chief curator at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York. There is a glossary, but no index. Distributed by the U. of Washington Press. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)