20th century Indian modern art: Indian Art Fair, January 31 - February 2, 2014

ISBN: 9789381217375, 9381217378

The book is a catalogue of the paintings displayed in the Indian Art Fair, 2014 by distinguished artists.

8 Bengal masters: miracles of existence (=Huit Maitres Du Bengale les miracles de l' existence)

Majumdar, Soumik Nandy

ISBN: 9789385360015, 9385360019

Text in English & French. This book explores the post-colonial cultural context of Bengal which produced some of the finest artists of all times. Focusing on eight eminent artists, it traces how they embarked on individual artistic journeys fostered by a renewed modernist search for an appropriate style in tandem with their responses to the contemporary situation. ;

Abahoman: Howing life, Jogen Chowdhury 28th March-16th April 2007

Chowdhury, Jogen

ISBN: 9788187737544, 8187737549

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Ajanta paintings: their composition, technique deterioration and preservation, ed. by S.P. Singh

Lal, BB

ISBN: 9788187763406, 818776340X

Ajanta: handbook of the paintings, narrative wall-paintings, 3 vols

Schlingloff, Dietar

ISBN: 9788173054563, 8173054568

Vol.I, Interpretation, 517p., several illus.;Vol.II, Supplememt, 350p., several illus.;Vol.III, Plates, 31p.

The alternate nation of Abanindranath Tagore, foreword by Partha Mitter

Banerji, Debashish

ISBN: 9788132102397, 8132102398

A passionate, wide-ranging and serious reassessment of one of the most influential painters of modern India.

Amorous delight: the Amarushataka palm leaf manuscript, illustrated by the Master of Sharanakula (Orissa, India)

Fischer, Eberhard et al

ISBN: 9783907077214, 3907077210

The Amarushataka is a rich and complex anthology of Sanskrit poems with syntax and metaphors open to various interpretations; they can even be understood literally in many ways. We do not know which translations or commentaries were available to the painter and his learned contemporary.

Amrita Sher-Gil: a self-portrait in letters and writings, introd., annotated & ed. by Vivan Sundaram, 2 vols.

ISBN: 9788189487591, 8189487590

This self-portrait of the iconic Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil (1913-1941) represents more than a life. For this book in two volumes, Amrita's extant letters and writings are translated and reproduced from the originals, and in their entirety. The book draws on the primary text of these letters to open up a visual narrative around the artist's oeuvre, complemented by a parallel text of notes t...