Great Works Of Indian Art
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Great Works Of Indian Art
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Author : Douglas Mannering
language : en
Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
Release Date : 1996-07
Great Works Of Indian Art written by Douglas Mannering and has been published by Smithmark Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-07 with Art categories.
"For thousands of years, the Indian sub-continent has been the battleground of conquerors and the birthplace of great religions, so it is hardly surprisig that its arts have been uniquely varied and moving. Indian sculpture embraces severe portraits of the Buddha, 'the Compassionate One', along with female spirits of disconcerting voluptuousness and wonderfully poised, multi-limbed figures of gods such as Shiva, stepping out to cosmic rhythms as the Lord of the Dance. In painting, Hindu miniatures illustrated the adventures of gods and lovers, while the Mughal emperors patronized a brilliant, elegant court art featuring portraits, battle scenes and everyday events such as polo matches. No book could do full justice to Indian art, but the plates in this book make a superb introduction to an unforgettable subject"--Page 4 of cover
The Spirit Of Indian Painting
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Author : B N Goswamy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2014-12-01
The Spirit Of Indian Painting written by B N Goswamy and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-01 with Literary Collections categories.
This magnificent, lavishly illustrated book by India’s most eminent and perceptive art historian, B.N. Goswamy, will open readers’ eyes to the wonders of Indian painting, and show them new ways of seeing and appreciating art. An illuminating introductory essay, ‘A Layered World’, explains the themes and emotions that inspired Indian painters, the values and influences that shaped their work, and the unique ways in which they depicted time and space. It describes, too, the characteristics of the different regional styles, the relationship between patrons and painters, the milieu in which they created their works, and the tools and techniques the painters used. The second part of this book consists of ‘Close Encounters with 101 Great Works’. Carefully selected by Prof. Goswamy and spanning nearly a thousand years, these works range from Jain manuscripts, and Rajasthani, Mughal, Pahari and Deccani miniatures, to Company School paintings. His description and analysis of these works unlock the treasures that lie within them and show us how to ‘read’ each painting, as he points out its finest features, explains its visual vocabulary and symbolism, and recounts the story, legend or event that inspired it. Combining deep scholarship with great storytelling, this is a book of enduring value that will both educate and delight the reader. It is destined to become a classic.
Oxford Readings In Indian Art
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Author : B. N. Goswamy
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2018
Oxford Readings In Indian Art written by B. N. Goswamy and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with Art categories.
This volume brings together a remarkably rich body of material taken from original, primary sources on Indian art that aims to bring the arts and their context within the reach of the reader. Texts and commentaries drawn from over two thousand years of Indian art history, comment and shed light on various aspects of art: the inter-relationship between various forms of arts, practitioner's records of measurements of time and space, rules and practices laid down by the iconographers, records by artists of their experiences, excerpts from memoirs and contemporary histories, and the work of early writers on the arts.
Manaku Of Guler
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Author : B. N. Goswamy
language : en
Publisher: Niyogi Books
Release Date : 2017
Manaku Of Guler written by B. N. Goswamy and has been published by Niyogi Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Art categories.
This work centers upon Manaku of Guler, older brother of the greatly celebrated Nainsukh, reconstructing whatever little is known of his life, but following closely his artistic journey. Manaku came from an obscure little town in the hills of northern India home to his singularly talented family, and yet his vision knew almost no limits. Endowed with soaring imagination and great painterly skills, this man with a name that literally means a ruby, that stone of fame and mystique, whose glow keeps hinting at an inner fire was capable of painting giant rings of time upon timeless waters, envisioning the world of gods and demons, littered with cosmic battles and earthly triumphs, but also gazing, with tender eyes, upon the world of two lovers in which there is tortured loneliness at one moment but, in the next, her garlands fall on his chest and glisten like white cranes on a dark cloud. 0At least three great series were painted by Manaku: The Siege of Lanka which took forward the narrative of the Ramayana from the point where his father, the gifted Pandit Seu, had left it; The Gita Govinda Jayadeva's immortal 12th century Sanskrit lyric, which he completed in 1730; And the Bhagavata Purana, that remarkably extensive text, revered and recited by millions to this day, which he set about to negotiate with his brush in ca. 1740-45. Every single folio that has survived and is at present accessible the number comes close to five hundred from these series finds a place in this uncommonly rich volume. For the second time - Nainsukh of Guler was the first - Professor Goswamy looks here at the entire body of work of a great Indian artist from the past through eyes filled with curiosity and warmth.
Conversations
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Author : B.N. Goswamy
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Release Date : 2022-01-24
Conversations written by B.N. Goswamy and has been published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-24 with Art categories.
'A brilliant compilation ... Essential reading.' ---William Dalrymple 'A string of gems'---Maria Aurora Couto 'Insightful, witty, uplifting'---Eberhard Fischer B.N. Goswamy, one of the most eminent art historians of our times, in this book opens a window to a wide range of subjects: all on or around the arts, which have immense potential to form aesthetic sensibility. From Ananda Coomaraswamy to the Art of Calligraphy, The Meaning of Silence to Farid-ud-din Attar's great Sufi parable of the Conference of the Birds, among others, Goswamy invites the general, but generally interested and literate, readers to enter, through these pieces, the field of the arts and savour its pleasures: to take from them what they can, learn something fresh3⁄4or view with freshness3⁄4and expand their minds. Definitive, engaging, and comprehensive, Conversations promises to be a truly accessible primer on art in India and South Asia.
The Spirit Of Indian Painting
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Author : B. N. Goswamy
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2016-08-16
The Spirit Of Indian Painting written by B. N. Goswamy and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-16 with Art categories.
“Wonderful . . . A book to make both layman and connoisseur alike realize why pre-modern Indian painting is one of the great arts of the world.” —Neil MacGregor Through close encounters with over a hundred carefully selected works, spanning nearly a thousand years, and ranging from Jain manuscripts and Pahari and Mughal miniatures to Company School paintings, B. N. Goswamy unlocks the many treasures that lie within Indian painting. In an illuminating introduction, and as Goswamy relates the stories behind each work and deciphers the visual vocabulary and language of the painters, he brings to life the cultural, social, and political milieu in which they were created. Lavishly illustrated, and combining erudition with great storytelling, The Spirit of Indian Painting reveals the beauty of this richly varied body of work in a new and brilliant light.
Wonder Of The Age
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Author : John Guy
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 2011
Wonder Of The Age written by John Guy and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Painters categories.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 28, 2011-Jan. 8, 2012.
Indian Painting
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Author : Mira Seth
language : en
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2006-06-01
Indian Painting written by Mira Seth and has been published by Harry N. Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-01 with Art categories.
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Indian Art
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Author : Roy C. Craven
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Indian Art written by Roy C. Craven and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with categories.
Sculpture Painting And Drawings Of Ancient India Classic Reprint
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Author : Kevorkian Galleries
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-10-29
Sculpture Painting And Drawings Of Ancient India Classic Reprint written by Kevorkian Galleries and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-29 with categories.
Excerpt from Sculpture, Painting and Drawings of Ancient India HE art of India has been the last of the great Asiatic arts to attract the attention of western students and to obtain a recognized place in the col lections of the great museums. And yet, for the student of Far Eastern art - and particularly of Chinese Buddhist art, it possesses, apart from its intrinsic importance, all the significance of an art of origins. Unfortunately but little of the monu mental sculpture of India is to be found outside the limits of India itself Buddhist and even Hindu sculptures are rarely seen, while the great paintings of Aj anta, almost unique in India, being preserved on the rock walls of the elevated temples will always demand the pil grimage of the connoisseur who would become acquainted with them. All the more important, for these reasons, are the collections of Indian works of art which the great museums - Indian departments have lately been established in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Metropolitan Museum, New York, and in Philadelphia - are now be ginning to bring together, and the exhibitions of collections, such as Mr. Kevorkian's. It is now perhaps for the first time that an exhibi tion of purely Indian art has been attempted in New York; and it is fortunate that this should include not merely a series of Mughal paintings, but also more than one unusually important example of religious sculpture, and a number of those paintings, called Rajput, in which the older tradition of Aj anta survives with surprising vitality. The recent developments of Western art have made possible a far more serious appreciation of these works than could have been ao corded twenty years ago. We have come to understand that art is an expression of the inner life of a race - that beauty is something more than taste and something higher than prettiness - and that the repre sentative element, the mere power of illustration, informing us of the appearance of things in a scientific manner, where it is present in great art is present only incidentally, and not essentially. Truth in art is truth of feeling, psychological truth, and not a truth of veri similitude. Behind a great traditional art are the ideas which con stitute its true necessity: beauty is revealed in the co-extension of form and content, and it matters not to the lover of beauty what those ideas may have been. And so, as we said, the way has been made easy for an appreciation of an intellectual and lyrical art - the sculp tured figure with its many arms, representing a synthetic and sym phonic personality, and the paintiglg that depends for its expressionon linear rhythms and essential symbols, to the exclusion of preoccu pation with the cast shadow and the modelling of masses. It is true that to fully understand the art of India, or any other art, we must place ourselves at the point of view of the artist, and this demands of the modern industrialist, whose sense of the immediacy of the spirit is all too faint, a considerable efiort: but it is also true that those that approach the unfamiliar art, even without an intellectual knowledge of its themes, if they will permit themselves to feel its moods, to yield to it as one yields to the moods of nature and of human and spiritual emotion, will find themselves at home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
