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Author : A. Ramachandran
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Painted Abode of Gods written by A. Ramachandran and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : B. P. Kamboj
Publisher : Indus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9788173871399
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Early Wall Painting of Garhwal written by B. P. Kamboj and published by Indus Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the Gurudwara Shri Guru Ram Rai Saheb, Dehradun, Uttaranchal, India.
Author : Allen J. Christenson
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292712421
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book Art and Society in a Highland Maya Community written by Allen J. Christenson and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Allen J. Christenson offers us in this wonderful book a testimony to contemporary Maya artistic creativity in the shadow of civil war, natural disaster, and rampant modernisation. Trained in art history and thoroughly acquainted with the historical and modern ethnography of the Maya area, Christenson chronicles in this beautifully illustrated work the reconstruction of the central altarpiece of the Maya Church of Tz'utujil-speaking Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. The much-loved colonial-era shrine collapsed after a series of destructive earthquakes in the twentieth century. Christenson's close friendship with the Chávez brothers, the native Maya artists who reconstructed the shrine in close consultation with village elders, enables him to provide detailed exegesis of how this complex work of art translates into material form the theology and cosmology of the traditional Tz'utujil Maya. With the author's guidance, we are taught to see this remarkable work of art as the Maya Christian cosmogram that it is. Although it has the triptych form of a conventional Catholic altarpiece, its iconography reveals a profoundly Maya narrative, replete with sacred mountains and life-giving caves, with the whole articulated by a central axis mundi motif in the form of a sacred tree or maize plant (ambiguity intended) that is reminiscent of well-known ancient Maya ideas. Through Christenson's focused analysis of the iconography of this shrine, we are able to see and understand almost firsthand how the modern Maya people of Santiago Atitlán have remembered the imagined universe of their ancestors and placed upon this sacred framework their received truths in time present." Gary H. Gossen, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Latin American Studies, University at Albany, SUNY Allen Christenson is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities, Classics, and Comparative Literature at Brigham Young University. " . . . an engaging, quietly intense book that is in part ethnography, in part pre-Columbian art history and in part a meditation on the nature of identity and cultural authenticity. It records, with diligence and grace, the endurance and transformation of belief in the face of natural and political disaster."--Times Literary Supplement, August 16, 2002
Author : Dr. Manish Rannjan (IAS)
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 : 9355216947
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (552 download)
Download or read book Indian Art & Culture Book in English - Dr. Manish Rannjan (IAS) written by Dr. Manish Rannjan (IAS) and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The presented book 'Indian Art & Culture' is extremely beneficial for the candidates preparing for the Preliminary and Mains Examination of Civil and State Services. The entire subject matter of the book is divided into 3 sections: Indian Art, Indian Culture and Indian Heritage. Each section has been discussed in detail in various chapters of the book. It is even more important for the aspirants because the book includes the diverse forms of Indian Art, Culture and Heritage, such as paintings and handicrafts, architecture, drama, dance, music, sculpture, architecture, inscriptions, festivals, heritage sites declared by UNESCO, language, literature, education, religion and philosophy etc. and their historical development since the time of their inception till now. This book is presented in a critical form with authentic facts and updated data keeping in view the latest developments in the field of art & culture. Four appendices have also been given at the end of the book in which examination related material pertaining to art and culture has been incorporated.
Author : Alexandra Green
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 988813910X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Rethinking Visual Narratives from Asia written by Alexandra Green and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rethinking Visual Narratives covers topics from the first millennium B.C.E. through the present day, testifying to the enduring significance of visual stories in shaping and affirming cultural practices in Asia. Contributors analyze how visual narratives function in different Asian cultures and reveal the multiplicity of ways that images can be narrated beyond temporal progression through a particular space. The study of local art forms advances our knowledge of regional iterations and theoretical boundaries, illustrating the enduring importance of pictorial stories to the cultural traditions of Asia. Contributors include Dominik Bonatz (Archaeologist Free University of Berlin), Sandra Cate (San Jose State University), Yonca Kösebay Erkan (Kadir Has University), Charlotte Galloway (Australian National University), Mary Beth Heston (College of Charleston), Yeewan Koon (The University of Hong Kong), Sonya S. Lee (University of Southern California), Leedom Lefferts (Drew University), Dore J. Levy (Brown University), Shane McCausland (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London), Julia K. Murray (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Catherine Stuer (Denison University), Greg M. Thomas (The University of Hong Kong), Sarah E. Thompson (Rochester Institute of Technology), and Mary-Louise Totton (Western Michigan University).
Author : Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Publisher : Rangjung Yeshe Publications
ISBN 13 : 9789627341222
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Rainbow Painting written by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and published by Rangjung Yeshe Publications. This book was released on 2004-05-18 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rainbow painting is a compilation of talks given between 1991-1994. These teachings took place at Rinpoche's four main monasteries in Nepal ..."--P. 15.
Author : Nigel Aston
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861898452
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Art and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Europe written by Nigel Aston and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2009-07-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteenth-century Europe witnessed monumental upheavals in both the Catholic and Protestant faiths and the repercussions rippled down to the churches’ religious art forms. Nigel Aston now chronicles here the intertwining of cultural and institutional turmoil during this pivotal century. The sustained popularity of religious art in the face of competition from increasingly prevalent secular artworks lies at the heart of this study. Religious art staked out new spaces of display in state institutions, palaces, and private collections, the book shows, as well as taking advantage of patronage from monarchs such as Louis XIV and George III, who funded religious art in an effort to enhance their monarchial prestige. Aston also explores the motivations and exhibition practices of private collectors and analyzes changing Catholic and Protestant attitudes toward art. The book also examines purchases made by corporate patrons such as charity hospitals and religious confraternities and considers what this reveals about the changing religiosity of the era as well. An in-depth historical study, Art and Religion in Eighteenth-Century Europe will be essential for art history and religious studies scholars alike.
Author : Noël Carroll
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100063454X
Total Pages : 737 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture written by Noël Carroll and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-30 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind. The editors have organized the chapters across eight broader sections: Artforms History Questions of form, style, and address Art and science Comparisons among the arts Questions of value Philosophers of art Institutional questions Individual topics include art and cognitive science, evolutionary origins of art, art and perception, pictorial realism, artistic taste, style, issues of race and gender, art and religion, art and philosophy, and the end of art. The work of selected philosophers is also discussed, including Diderot, Hegel, Ruskin, Gombrich, Goodman, Wollheim, and Danto. With an introduction from the editors and comprehensively indexed, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture serves as a point of entry to the subject for a broad range of students as well as an up-to-date reference for scholars in the field.
Author : Fabio Barry
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300248164
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Painting in Stone written by Fabio Barry and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stone Spanning almost five millennia, Painting in Stone tells a new history of premodern architecture through the material of precious stone. Lavishly illustrated examples include the synthetic gems used to simulate Sumerian and Egyptian heavens; the marble temples and mansions of Greece and Rome; the painted palaces and polychrome marble chapels of early modern Italy; and the multimedia revival in 19th-century England. Poetry, the lens for understanding costly marbles as an artistic medium, summoned a spectrum of imaginative associations and responses, from princes and patriarchs to the populace. Three salient themes sustained this “lithic imagination”: marbles as images of their own elemental substance according to premodern concepts of matter and geology; the perceived indwelling of astral light in earthly stones; and the enduring belief that colored marbles exhibited a form of natural—or divine—painting, thanks to their vivacious veining, rainbow palette, and chance images.
Author : Arnold Ruge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)
Download or read book New Germany, Its Modern History, Literature, Philosophy, Religion and Art written by Arnold Ruge and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bernard S. Raskas
Publisher : Kar-Ben Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780822542582
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (425 download)
Download or read book Seasons of the Mind written by Bernard S. Raskas and published by Kar-Ben Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Bernie Raskas has been living and teaching his faith for over 50 years. He offers witty, yet practical, commentary on life, faith, and spirituality.
Author : Xifan Li
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110790939
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)
Download or read book A General History of Chinese Art written by Xifan Li and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates the artistic development during the Qing Dynasty, the last of imperial Chinese dynasties, and shows the importance of opera and playwriting during this time period. Further analysis is dedicated to the development of scroll painting and the revival of calligraphy and seal carving. A General History of Chinese Art comprises six volumes with a total of nine parts spanning from the Prehistoric Era until the 3rd year of Xuantong during the Qing Dynasty (1911). The work provides a comprehensive compilation of in-depth studies of the development of art throughout the subsequent reign of Chinese dynasties and explores the emergence of a wide range of artistic categories such as but not limited to music, dance, acrobatics, singing, story telling, painting, calligraphy, sculpture, architecture, and crafts. Unlike previous reference books, A General History of Chinese Art offers a broader overview of the notion of Chinese art by asserting a more diverse and less material understanding of arts, as has often been the case in Western scholarship.
Author : Janet Catherine Berlo
Publisher : Dumbarton Oaks
ISBN 13 : 9780884022053
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Art, Ideology, and the City of Teotihuacan written by Janet Catherine Berlo and published by Dumbarton Oaks. This book was released on 1992 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Hall
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429968485
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Illustrated Dictionary Of Symbols In Eastern And Western Art written by James Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Companion volume to James Hall’s perennial seller Dictionary of Subjects & Symbols in Art. which deals with the subject matter of Christian and Western art, the present volume includes the art of Egypt, the ancient Near East, Christian and classical Europe, India and the Far East. Flail explores the language of symbols in art showing how paintings, drawings and sculpture express man shades of meaning from simple, everyday hopes and fears to the profoundest philosophical and religious aspirations. The book explains and interprets symbols from many cultures, and over 600 illustrations clarify and complement the text. There are numbered references throughout the text to the sacred Iitcra-1 ture, myths and legends in which the symbols had their origins. Details of English translations of the works are in the bibliography. The book includes an appendix of the transcription of Chinese, notes and references, bibliography, chronological tables and index."
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Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Graham's Illustrated Magazine of Literature, Romance, Art, and Fashion written by and published by . This book was released on 1838 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Ward
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Colour Decoration of Architecture written by James Ward and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-29 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colour Decoration of Architecture is an informative guide by James Ward, which explores the use of color in architectural design. The book provides valuable insights and practical advice on how to effectively use color to enhance the aesthetic appeal and functionality of buildings, making it a useful resource for architects, designers, and anyone interested in the visual aspects of architecture.
Author : Anthony Rudd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192669125
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (926 download)
Download or read book Painting and Presence written by Anthony Rudd and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-07-21 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is concerned with why (or whether) paintings have value: why they might be worth creating and attending to. The author starts from the challenge expressed in Plato's critique of the arts generally, according to which they do not lead us to what is true and good, and may take us away from them. Rudd tries to show that this Platonic Challenge can be answered in its own terms: that painting is good because it does lead us to truth. What paintings can give us is a non-discursive "knowledge by acquaintance" in which the essence of the painting's subject-matter is made present to the viewer. Rudd traces this understanding of painting as ontologically revelatory from the theology of the Byzantine Icon to classical Chinese appreciations of landscape painting, to the work of Merleau-Ponty and other Phenomenologists inspired by European Modernist art. He argues that this account of painting as disclosing the essences of things can also take up what is right about expressive and formalist theories of painting; and that it can apply as much to abstract as to representational painting. But to disclose the reality of things can only be of value if the reality disclosed is itself of value; and in the concluding part of the book, Rudd argues that the value of painting can only be properly understood in the context of a wider metaphysics or theology in which value is understood, not as a human projection, but as a basic characteristic of reality as such.
