CONTENTS: Foreword, Prefatory Note, Acknowledgements, Introduction, 1. Invention of Court Art Tradition in Travancore, 2. Itinerant European Painters in Travancore, 3. Raja Ravi Varma-The Magician of Western Naturalism, 4. Later Painters of the Travancore Royal Court, 5. Women, Art and the Untold Legacy of Kilimanur, 6. Ethics and Techniques of Old School School Painters, 7. Shifting Patronage and the Decline of Court Art , APPENDICES: 1. Notes from the Margins, 2. Portraits, Patrons and Personalities, 3. Lesser-Known Followers of Raja Ravi Varma, Notes, Bibliography, Glolssary, Index.