Abanindranath Tagore: his early work, ed. by Ramendranath Chakravorty

The book presents reproductions of Acharya Abanindranath Tagore's paintings and frescoes which are presented in the gallery of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

ABIA South and Southeast Asian art and archaeology index, Vol. 4, ed. by Asha Gupta

ABIA (Annual Bibliography of Indian Archaeology) for 2007 to 2011, data was aquired and processed at IGNCA, India. Vol.4 covers mostly Indian publications and some from South Asian region.

Sikandarah: Calligraphy, epigraphy, geometry, Islimi, poetry, foreword by Miroslaw Majewski

Pitkar, Yashwant et al.

The book Sikandarah is a modest attempt to praise and celebrate one of the most marvellous and grand tomb of Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar, the mighty Mughal emperor. It is elaborately photographed, documenting geometric patterns which are analysed and graphically illustrated to explain the process of underlying geometry inherent to the patterns. It is beautifully complemented with ele...

Abstraction in Indian painting: post independence era

Jahan, Badar

ISBN: 9788174790811, 8174790810

This book provides an analytical view of Abstract Art Movement and its assimilation in Indian contemporary painting. It also highlights the interactions and influences of both over each other.

Abu to Udaipur: celestial Simla to city of sunrise

Mehta, J.S.

ISBN: 9788120829848, 8120829840

Achyut Kanvinde: Akar, conceived & ed. by Tanuja & Sanjay Kanvinde, et al

ISBN: 9789385285608, 9385285602

This work is a monograph on the life and works of Achyut Kanvinde, one of the pioneers of modern architecture in India with a professional career spanning five decades. It contains several articles written by Kanvinde in addition to essays by professionals and academics.

Golconda-Hyderabad 1975/1996/2012: a photographic essay,

Luttge, Thomas et al.

ISBN: 9789355204219, 9355204213

One of the many great qualities of cities is their ability to defy the desire of the planners who attempt to orchestrate their form through design. Cities are wondrous organisms, like microbes they evolve, and the damage as well as the transformations are usually done before citizens, conservation advocates and civil society more generally even realize that change is underway-what is, in truth,...

The Act of becoming: actors talk, foreword by Richard Schechner

ISBN: 9789381523988, 9381523983

Twenty-two critically acclaimed actors, spanning a period from the 1850s to the 1990s, talk about their lives and aspirations, their in-depth training and lasting stage careers. The book also explores the complexities of women actors trying to gain acceptance in public life as professionals.

Adbhutam: Rasa in Indian art, Chief coordinator Pratiti Basu Sarkar, photography by Vivek Das et al

ISBN: 9788187977087, 8187977086

Shakti: fair & fierce,

ISBN: 9788119626847, 8119626842

The Museum of Sacred Art (MOSA), in collaboration with the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA), is honored to present Shakti: Fair and Fierce. This catalogue showcases the remarkable talents of over thirty-five contemporary women artists and traditional embroidery artists from diverse regions across India, each leaving an indelible mark on contemporary Indian art. Among the featured artists a...

Aesthetic theories and forms in Indian tradition, ed. by Kapila Vatsyayan et al

ISBN: 9788187586357, 8187586354

Series: Civilization, Vol.VI part I. / gen. ed.: D.P. Chattopadhyaya.;;The essays in this book deal with (a) core concepts which permeate the discourse on aesthetic theories, and having ramifications in many other disciplines and domains; (b) The Rasa theory in the framework of classical philosophical traditions of Vedanta, Mimamsa, Samkhya, and Kashmir Saivism, and (c) the comprehension of the...

An aesthetic voyage of Indo Tibetan painting: Alchi and Tabo

Singh, AK

ISBN: 9788187566182, 8187566183

The book unfolds a fascinating world of Indo Tibetan paintings adorned in the early Buddhist temples of the western Trans Himalayas, the region bordering Tibet.

Aesthetics of pictorial language

Pathy, Soubhagya (b.1972)

ISBN: 9788186622827, 8186622829

This book makes an attempt to comprehend Orissan paintings as a constituted language and to grasp the principles by which it functions.

Aesthetics of the time: a view of Fatehpur Sikri motifs

Goswami, Meghali

ISBN: 9788188934805, 8188934801

This book presents a comprehensive and critical study of differenct motifs, their design principles, significances of using certain motifs like floral, fauna, having geometrical and auspicious significance. Further, it discusses the role played by these motifs in the socio-cultural phenomenon and transition.

African elites in India, ed. by Kenneth X. Robbins et al

Amarat, Habshi

ISBN: 9788188204731, 8188204730

The book is not intended to be a complete history of sub-Saharan Africans in India, or even of elite Africans. Rather, it is a series of snapshots, in the form of essays by specialists in the history, numismatics, architecture, and art history of South Asia.

Indian jades

Nigam, M.L.

ISBN: 9789383221264, 9383221267

The present treatise provides the most authentic and trustworthy account of the origin and development of Indian jade art. Earlier, there existed a good deal of controversy and confusion about the origin and development of the art of Indian jade carving.

The art of Naina Dalal: contemporary Indian printmaker,

ISBN: 9788124609842, 8124609845

This coffee table book on contemporary art unravels the artistic journey of a talented artist in Naina Dalal, covering a span of fifty-nine years, mainly in the printmaking activities. It showcases her flight as a painter in thinking, perceiving, imagining, creatively objectifying and expressing her artistic acumen through the medium of printmaking processes, her lifetime quest. The book traces...

The age of Traikutakas: coins, inscriptions and art

Pandit, Suraj A

ISBN: 9788173201158, 8173201153

This book is an attempt to understand the contributions of the Traikutakas, a dynasty that ruled over North Konkan in the 5th, 6th century CE, by considering various types of data and art history related to them. This book primarily focuses on the artistic developments in this region during the reign of the Traikutakas and also details the motivational factors behind specific developments in ar...

Rajasthani miniature painting: tradition and continuity,

ISBN: 9788193248393, 8193248392

This volume is a culmination of proceedings of an International Seminar on the 'Rajasthani Ministure Painting' organised by the Department of History of Art, National Museum Institute of History of Art, Conservation and Museology in March 2013. The book covers the select style and representation of the Rajasthani paintings, museum collections in India and abroad, Rajasthani murals and manuscrip...

Agra and Fatehpur Sikri: a traveller's history

Newell, HA

ISBN: 9788188817108, 8188817104