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Book Synopsis Essays on Indian Art and Architecture by : Raj Kumar
Download or read book Essays on Indian Art and Architecture written by Raj Kumar and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2003 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: Introduction, Studies in Indian Architecture, Fort Architecture in Ancient and Medieval India, Art and Architecture: Northern India, Art and Architecture: South India, The Aspect and Orientation in Hindu Architecture, Kalinga Style of Architecture, Symbolism of the Dome, Art and Architecture, Muslim Architecture in India, A Plea for Indian Architecture.
Book Synopsis Three Essays on Indian Art and Architecture by : Sharad Chandra
Download or read book Three Essays on Indian Art and Architecture written by Sharad Chandra and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-27 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art and architecture of India is rooted in its history, culture, and religion. The first two essays in the present volume bring to the fore the folk art of Kalamkari, and the architectural wonder of the stepwells--both part of the ancient heritage, and the third piece dwells on the spectacular art and peculiar habits of the most discussed and most popular contemporary Indian painter, Maqbool Fida Hussain. The first two essays have earlier been published in an online journal, Chitrolekha. Due acknowledgement has been noted at the end of each essay and they are included here with due permission of the editors. I have added a glossary to help readers understand the names of typical Indian ingredients used in the preparation of a Kalamkari painting. Kalamkari or Qalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in parts of India. The word is derived from the Persian words ghalam (pen) and kari (craftmanship), meaning drawing with a pen. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari and involves seventeen painstaking steps. This intricate art has been practiced by many families in Andhra Pradesh and over the generations has constituted their livelihood. Admired for its excellent craftsmanship the journey of Kalamkari curiously began with trade in Indian spices. Subsequently merchants and traders from around the world used Indian textiles, the majority of which were kalamkari, as a currency in the Spice Trade. With the passage of time Indian textiles began to be seen as luxury items in themselves, and a variety of textiles and textile-related products found an appreciative market throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.Step wells are wells or ponds in which the water is reached by descending a set of steps. Rock-cut stepwells in India date from 200-400 AD. Gradually they began to be constructed. Step wells developed mainly to cope with seasonal fluctuations in water availability. Deep trenches were dug into the earth for dependable, year-round groundwater, their walls were lined with blocks of stone without mortar, and stairs were built leading down to the water. The construction of stepwells was primarily utilitarian but owing to the significant architectural embellishments on their walls they have today acquired the status of interesting monuments. In olden times stepwells also served as leisure spots, place for social gatherings and religious ceremonies where women prayed and offered gifts to the goddess of the well for her blessings.The last essay describes the spectacular art and mildly eccentric habits of the Indian painter, Maqbool Fida Hussain. With his free-flowing, silvery white beard and hair, dressed in impeccably tailored, expensive Hermes suit, an oversized paintbrush 'baton' in hand, walking barefoot M.F. Husain cut a most distinctive figure full of energy and humour. His striking ascetic looks, simple, soft-spoken manner commanded immediate attention and respect. He had a penchant for philosophy, was deeply knowledgeable of, and loved art in all its forms and had several writers and poets as his friends. He always remained in the headlines as much because of his peculiar habits as for his unique art. Hussain stopped wearing footwear in 1974 after walking in the funeral procession of his friend, Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, the well known Hindi poet and maintained it till the very end.
Book Synopsis Kalādarśana by : Joanna G Williams
Download or read book Kalādarśana written by Joanna G Williams and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set by : Jonathan Bloom
Download or read book Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set written by Jonathan Bloom and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-05-14 with total page 1697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.
Book Synopsis Kalādarśana by : Joanna Gottfried Williams
Download or read book Kalādarśana written by Joanna Gottfried Williams and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1981 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Three Essays - On Picturesque Beauty - On - Picturesque Travel - And on - Sketching Landscape - To Which Is Added a Poem on Landscape Painting by : William Gilpin
Download or read book Three Essays - On Picturesque Beauty - On - Picturesque Travel - And on - Sketching Landscape - To Which Is Added a Poem on Landscape Painting written by William Gilpin and published by READ BOOKS. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Book Synopsis A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture by : Finbarr Barry Flood
Download or read book A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture written by Finbarr Barry Flood and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-06-16 with total page 1442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected aspects of the field. This two-volume Companion showcases more than 50 specially commissioned essays and an introduction that survey Islamic art and architecture in all its traditional grandeur Essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field and reflects the nuances of major artistic and political developments during the 1400-year span The Companion represents recent developments in the field, and encourages future horizons by commissioning innovative essays that provide fresh perspectives on canonical subjects, such as early Islamic art, sacred spaces, palaces, urbanism, ornament, arts of the book, and the portable arts while introducing others that have been previously neglected, including unexplored geographies and periods, transregional connectivities, talismans and magic, consumption and networks of portability, museums and collecting, and contemporary art worlds; the essays entail strong comparative and historiographic dimensions The volumes are accompanied by a map, and each subsection is preceded by a brief outline of the main cultural and historical developments during the period in question The volumes include periods and regions typically excluded from survey books including modern and contemporary art-architecture; China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicily, the New World (Americas)
Book Synopsis Paradigms of Indian Architecture by : G. H. R. Tillotson
Download or read book Paradigms of Indian Architecture written by G. H. R. Tillotson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores conceptions of Indian architecture and how the historical buildings of the subcontinent have been conceived and described. Investigating the design philosophies of architects and styles of analysis by architectural historians, the book explores how systems of design and ideas about aesthetics have governed both the construction of buildings in India and their subsequent interpretation. How did the political directives of the British colonial period shape the manner in which pioneer archaeologists wrote the histories of India's buildings? How might such accounts conflict with indigenous ones, or with historical aesthetics? How might paintings of buildings by British and Indian artists suggest different ways of understanding their subjects? In what ways must we revise our conceptions of space and time to understand the narrative art which adorns India's most ancient monuments? These are among the questions addressed by the contributors to the volume.
Book Synopsis Art and Architectural Traditions of India and Iran by : Nasir Raza Khan
Download or read book Art and Architectural Traditions of India and Iran written by Nasir Raza Khan and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive overview of the historical and cultural linkages between India and Iran in terms of art and architectural traditions and their commonality and diversity. It addresses themes such as early connections between Iran, India and Central Asia; study of the Qutb Complex in Delhi; the great immigration of Turks from Asia to Anatolia; the collaboration of Indian and Persian painters; design, ornamentation techniques and regional dynamics; women and public spaces in Shahjahanabad and Isfahan; the noble-architects of emperor Shah Jahan's reign; development of Kashmir’s Islamic religious architecture in the medieval period; role of Nur Jahan and her Persian roots in the evolution of the Mughal Garden; synthesis of Indo-Iranian architecture; and confluence of Indo-Persian food culture to showcase the richness of art, architecture, and sociocultural and political exchanges between the two countries. Bringing together a wide array of perspectives, it delves into the roots of connection between India and Iran over centuries to understand its influence and impact on the artistic and cultural genealogy and the shared past of two of the oldest civilizations and regional powers of the world. With its archival sources, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of medieval history, Indian history, international relations, Central Asian history, Islamic studies, Iranian history, art and architecture, heritage studies, cultural studies, regional studies, and South Asian studies as well as those interested in the study of sociocultural and religious exchanges.
Book Synopsis Jāmī in Regional Contexts by : Thibaut d'Hubert
Download or read book Jāmī in Regional Contexts written by Thibaut d'Hubert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān Jāmī’s Works in the Islamicate World is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jāmī’s works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia.
Book Synopsis Modern Architecture and Other Essays by : Vincent Scully
Download or read book Modern Architecture and Other Essays written by Vincent Scully and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vincent Scully has shaped not only how we view the evolution of architecture in the twentieth century but also the course of that evolution itself. Combining the modes of historian and critic in unique and compelling ways--with an audience that reaches from students and scholars to professional architects and ardent amateurs--Scully has profoundly influenced the way architecture is thought about and made. This extensively illustrated and elegantly designed volume distills Scully's incalculable contribution. Neil Levine, a former student of Scully's, selects twenty essays that reveal the breadth and depth of Scully's work from the 1950s through the 1990s. The pieces are included for their singular contribution to our understanding of modern architecture as well as their relative unavailability to current readers. Levine offers a perceptive overview of Scully's distinguished career and introduces each essay, skillfully setting the scholarly and cultural scene. The selections address almost all of modern architecture's major themes and together go a long way toward defining what constitutes the contemporary experience of architecture and urbanism. Each is characteristically Scully--provocative, yet precise in detail and observation, written with passionate clarity. They document Scully's seminal views on the relationship between the natural and the built environment and trace his progressively intense concern with the fabric of the street and of our communities. The essays also highlight Scully's engagement with the careers of so many of the twentieth century's most significant architects, from Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Kahn to Robert Venturi. In the tradition of great intellectual biographies, this finely made book chronicles our most influential architectural historian and critic. It is a gift to architecture and its history.
Book Synopsis The Trickster Shift by : Allan J. Ryan
Download or read book The Trickster Shift written by Allan J. Ryan and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Trickster Shift not only presents some of the most stunningly original examples of contemporary Native art but also allows the artists to offer their own insights into the creative process and the nature of Native humour.
Download or read book Sublime Art written by Stephen Zepke and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Zepke shows how the idea of sublime art waxes and wanes in the work of Jean-François Lyotard, Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Rancière and the recent Speculative Realism movement.
Book Synopsis Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris by : K.S. Mathew
Download or read book Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris written by K.S. Mathew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The battle of Actium waged in 31 BC and the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC to the Roman Empire opened up avenues for increased commercial contact between the Roman Empire, South Asia in general and India in particular and the port of Muziris was the premier trading post of India. In this volume, eminent international scholars from the USA, Switzerland, United Kingdom, France, Italy as well as India provide detailed analysis of maritime trade in the Indian Ocean region in the early historic period.
Book Synopsis Essays in Architectural Theory by : Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Download or read book Essays in Architectural Theory written by Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) pioneered one form of "cultural studies" early in this century, not as an anthropologist but as an advocate of "the idea of Tradition". His penetrating attention to both the substance and mind of India's great civilizations has provided several generations of Asian and European scholars a variety of models: that of the geologist, carefully attentive to facts and strata; that of the art historian, embedding chronology and variation within regional and cultural contexts; and that of the philosopher, weaving together texts from both eastern and western traditions to demonstrate what he in his later years called a "philosophia perennis". This second volume, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy: Essays in Architectural Theory, presents in consecutive form the essays that best represent Coomaraswamy's rapidly developing thinking on the hermeneutics of architecture - its "why" not "how". These can best be understood in the order in which they were written. As Michael W. Meister says in his Preface, "Only by being presented in such a fashion can Coomaraswamy's architectural ideas accumulate a structure comparable to their substance.
