Popular art in Afghanistan : paintings on trucks, mosques, and tea-houses / Micheline Centlivres-Demont ; translation from the French by Robin R. Charleston]

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: By way of a preface—Truck-paintings—Caravan and truck—Development of the road system—The truck and its crew—The goods and their destination—Types of vehicle—The earliest painted trucks—From caravanserai to assembly shop—Painters and their painting—Themes and subjects—The art and its sources—Inscriptions, wishes and Talismans—Investment, ostentation and prestige—Description of plates 1-12—Mosque-paintings—The mosque—Architecture of the village mosque—Painted mosques—The paintings—Description of Plates 13-24—Teahouse-paintings—The tea-house—Decoration—Teahouse-paintings—Guest houses and private houses—The painter’s technique and designs—Description of plates 25-36—Notes.