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.

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 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.

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...

Paubha: where the divinities reside, Paubha paintings by Ujay Bajracharya

ISBN: 9789937122115, 9937122112

Paubha is a historic form of painting deeply rooted in the Newah culture of Kathmandu Valley and rich Buddhist tradition. The festivities and important occasions in Kathmandu present Paubha art with great honor and pride. Paubha paintings are one of the most fundamental Nepali art forms, through which the world gets to know and appreciate Nepal's tremendous cultural heritage.

Ahmedabad 600: portraits of a city, ed. by Suchitra Balasubrahmanyan et al

ISBN: 9788192110608, 8192110605

Ahmedabad was at the forefront of the nationalist movement, and became the crucible of modern architecture and design in independent India. The city's culture has responded to the social, political, and economic challenges of each passing century, creating its multifaceted character. Spanning the traditional and the modern in Architecture, arts and crafts, this volume.

Vernacular architecture of India: traditional residential styles and spaces, photographs by Tejinder S. Randhawa

Randhawa, Tejinder S.

ISBN: 9789356074538, 9356074534

A comprehensive book covering the eclectic range of traditional residential architecture of India, profusely illustrated with nearly 1600 colour illustrations in 540 pages and spreads. It is a visual tour de force of the great building and craft skills of India and covers the vast gamut of vernacular building styles from all regions of the country.

Ajanta

Thatte, Ram Anant

ISBN: 9789350502990, 9350502992

Mr. Ram Thatte spent several years in Ajanta, living so close to those paintings, day in day out that he almost became one with them. Those characters in the paintings seemed to talk with him as if they were his close buddies. His love for them is evident in the way he salvaged the 'shat-danta Jataka'.

The Ajanta caves: ancient paintings of Buddhist India, text and photographs by Benoy K. Behl, with a note on the Jataka stories by Sangitika Nigam, foreword by Milo C. Beach

ISBN: 9780500285015, 0500285012

The exquisite murals depict the Jatakas (tales of previous incarnations) of Lord Buddha, scenes of princely processions, ladies with their handmaidens, bejewelled animals, ascetics in monasteries and fantastical birds and beasts, all demonstrating a startling degree of sophistication.

Ajanta of Ladakh: Gon-Nila-Phuk meditation caves, Saspol (English, Hindi and Tibetan)

Sonam, Tsering

Ajanta paintings: 86 panels of Jatakas & other themes

Singh, Rajesh K

ISBN: 9788192510736, 8192510735

Under a new title this book is an abridged edition of An Introduction to the Ajanta Caves: With Examples of Six Caves, 1st ed. (Baroda: Hari Sena Press, 2012) by the same author. This edition is focused on the paintings of Ajanta, and does away from the detailed historical developments of the caves.