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Essays on Art Education in India And Others by BABU NAMBOODIRI K Pdf
In the writings based on factual incidents, space and time are the relevant factors when describing it in the view of making it into a historical action. Also the background of the writer, the writer’s wisdom on the particular issue describing and the writer’s ability on narration of incidents accurately bound to space and time, his psychological attitude towards the happenings in his surroundings most of the time without his own involvement are certain elements of relevance here. Even though the historical happenings are of unique characteristics, and its nature of existence with similar altitude unchangingly forever, the sincere studious activities towards its objectiveness can establish the real time facts even to the future generations ever after centuries. When we engage in deep studies with curiosity and a special inborn interest towards art, the studious beings get a clear idea of the differences between factual incidences and documented evidences of incidents. These kinds of arrivals at falsely fabricated ideas on the historical scenarios, follows loss of believability on documentations and established versions of incidents. The process of historical development has attracted me because it is propagated to maintain time, space objectivity bound relations towards various objectivities. These are some of the factors that directed and confirmed my arrival at these kinds of creative destinations.
Art & Archaeology of India by B. S. Harishankar,A. P. Khatri Pdf
The Book Begins With An Introduction On The Prehistoric And Proto-Historic Cultures Of India And Discusses Human Evolution As Gathered From Hominid Fossil Remains. It Also Examines The Nature Of Cultural Relics Belonging To Each Period And Dynastic Rule; Agriculture, Trade, Settlement And Migration Patterns Related To Making, Use And Spread Of Art Materials; And Social And Religious Aspects Of Society That Are Revealed By The Art And Architecture Of The Periods.
Monuments, Objects, Histories by Tapati Guha-Thakurta Pdf
Art history as it is largely practiced in Asia as well as in the West is a western invention. In India, works of art-sculptures, monuments, paintings-were first viewed under colonial rule as archaeological antiquities, later as architectural relics, and by the mid-20th century as works of art within an elaborate art-historical classification. Tied to these views were narratives in which the works figured, respectively, as sources from which to recover India's history, markers of a lost, antique civilization, and symbols of a nation's unique aesthetic, reflecting the progression from colonialism to nationalism. The nationalist canon continues to dominate the image of Indian art in India and abroad, and yet its uncritical acceptance of the discipline's western orthodoxies remains unquestioned, the original motives and means of creation unexplored. The book examines the role of art and art history from both an insider and outsider point of view, always revealing how the demands of nationalism have shaped the concept and meaning of art in India. The author shows how western custodianship of Indian "antiquities" structured a historical interpretation of art; how indigenous Bengali scholarship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries attempted to bring Indian art into the nationalist sphere; how the importance of art as a representation of national culture crystallized in the period after Independence; and how cultural and religious clashes in modern India have resulted in conflicting "histories" and interpretations of Indian art. In particular, the author uses the depiction of Hindu goddesses to elicit conflicting scenarios of condemnation and celebration, both of which have at their core the threat and lure of the female form, which has been constructed and narrativized in art history. Monuments, Objects, Histories is a critical survey of the practices of archaeology, art history, and museums in nineteenth- and twentieth-century India. The essays gathered here look at the processes of the production of lost pasts in modern India: pasts that come to be imagined around a growing corpus of monuments, archaeological relics, and art objects. They map the scholarly and institutional authority that emerged around such structures and artifacts, making of them not only the chosen objects of art and archaeology but also the prime signifiers of the nation's civilization and antiquity. The close imbrication of the "colonial" and the "national" in the making of India's archaeological and art historical pasts and their combined legacy for the postcolonial present form one of the key themes of the book. Monuments, Objects, Histories offers both an insider's and an outsider's perspective on the growth of these scholarly fields and their institutional apparatus, analyzing the ways they have constituted and recast their objects of study. The book moves from a period that saw the consolidation of western expertise and custodianship of India's "antiquities," to the projection over the twentieth century of varying regional, nativist, and national claims around the country's architectural and artistic inheritance, into a current period that has pitched these objects and fields within a highly contentious politics of nationhood. Monuments, Objects, Histories traces the framing of an official national canon of Indian art through these different periods, showing how the workings of disciplines and institutions have been tied to the pervasive authority of the nation. At the same time, it addresses the radical reconfiguration in recent times of the meaning and scope of the "national," leading to the kinds of exclusions and chauvinisms that lie at the root of the current endangerment of these disciplines and the monuments and art objects they encompass.
Author : R. C. Majumdar,Pran Nath Chopra Publisher : South Asia Books Page : 251 pages File Size : 40,7 Mb Release : 1996-05-01 Category : India ISBN : 812071654X
Ideas and Images: A Historical Interpretation of Eastern Vindhyan Rock Art, India by Ajay Pratap Pdf
This book argues that the development of symbols and signs informing scripts, mainly the idea of coding thoughts through symbols and images, has always been uniquely ‘historical.’ Rock art abuts and occupies long periods of time in which the translation of indigenous thoughts was perfected through numerous mnemonic practices.
Encyclopaedia of Art, Archaeology, and Literature in Central India: Prehistory and protohistory. Explorations. Excavations. Epigraphy by R. K. Sharma Pdf
ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index by Anonim Pdf
Volume Three offers 1643 annotated records on publications regarding the art and archaeology of South Asia, Central Asia and Tibet selected from the ABIA Index database at www.abia.net which were published between 2002 and 2007.
A Companion to South Asia in the Past by Gwen Robbins Schug,Subhash R. Walimbe Pdf
A Companion to South Asia in the Past provides the definitive overview of research and knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal, provided by a truly global team of experts. The most comprehensive and detailed scholarly treatment of South Asian archaeology and biological anthropology, providing ground-breaking new ideas and future challenges Provides an in-depth and broad view of the current state of knowledge about South Asia’s past, from the Pleistocene to the historic era in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal A comprehensive treatment of research in a crucial region for human evolution and biocultural adaptation A global team of scholars together present a varied set of perspectives on South Asian pre- and proto-history
India: An Archaeological History by Dilip K. Chakrabarty Pdf
This book charts the flow of India's grass-roots archaeological history in all its continuities and diversities from its Palaeolithic beginnings to AD 300. The second edition includes a new afterword which discusses all new ideas and discoveries in Indian archaeology in the past one decade.
This Collection Of Sixty-One Papers Contributed By The Scholars From India And Abroad Is In Memory Of Dr H Sarkar Who Retired At Jr Director General, Archaeological Survey Of India. He Is Very Well Known For His Invaluable Contribution To The Field Of Archaeology And Art History. The Papers Included Herein Are The Outcome Of Researches Done On Art, Architecture, Iconography, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Archaeological Explorations And Excavations, Antiquity And Museums, Conservation And Heritage Management, Over The Years Besides Reminiscences From Some Of His Close Friends, Admirers And Associates Who Always Held Dr Sarkar In High Esteem. Bound In Two Volumes, These Papers Are Classified In Eight Sections, Ie Section-I: Haribishnu Sarkar: Reminiscences And Tribute; Section-Ii: Art And Iconography; Section-Iii: Architecture; Section-Iv: Archaeology, Section-V; Epigraphy And Numismatics; Section-Vi: Antiquities And Museums; Section-Vii: Conservation And Heritage Management And Section Viii: Miscellaneous. Contents Volume-I Section-I: Haribishnu Sarkar: Reminiscences And Tribute; Chapter 1: My Friend H Sarkar By M A Dhaky; Chapter 2: Dr Haribishnu Sarkar: A Gentleman Scholar By B D Chattopadhyaya; Chapter 3: Dr H Sarkar By B M Pande; Chapter 4: A Tribute To Sri H Sarkar By V V Krishna Sastry; Chapter 5: Dr H Sarkar: In The Footsteps Of Sri Amalananda Ghosh By Amar Nath Khanna; Chapter 6: Dr Haribishnu Sarkar: A Tribute By Purnima Ray; Section-Ii: Art And Iconography; Chapter 1: Devaraja In Cambodian History By Lokesh Chandra; Chapter 2: An Estimate Of Gupta Terracottas By P K Agrawala; Chapter 3: The Amaravati Master : Spatial Conventions In The Art Of Amaravati By Elizabeth Rosen Stone; Chapter 4: Main Stupa, Udayagiri (Orissa) By Debala Mitra; Chapter 5: The Temple Fragments From Kaveripakkam By M A Dhaky; Chapter 6: Buddhism In The Deccan During The Satavahana Ageby Ajay Mitra Shastri; Chapter 7: Some Remarks On The Freer Panels By Dirk W Lonne; Chapter 8: Ajanta S History By Walter M Spink; Chapter 9: Saptaratnas In Buddhism; Their Origin, Function And Depictions By Mallar Mitra; Chapter 10: Pattan Munara: Minar Of Mandir By Michael W Meister; Chapter 11: Early Stone Sculptures Of Tripurantaka In South India By Gerd J R Mevissen; Chapter 12: A Unique Sive-Linga From Navile And Some Cultural Issues By A Sundara; Chapter 13: The Nolamba Style And Vijayanagara Archaizing: The Bhoganandisvara Compound At Nandi, Karnataka By Andrew L Cohen; Chapter 14: A 12Th Century Hoysala Image Of Siva Gajasurasamharamurti From The Amritesvara Temple, Amritapura By Kirsti Evans; Chapter 15: A Newly Discovered Visvarupa Image From Haryana By Devendra Handa; Chapter 16: Hero-Stones At Pushpagiri By D Hanumantha Rao; Chapter 17: Art Of The Paramaras Of Vagada Of Western India By P K Trivedi; Chapter 18: Brahma Image From Elephanta By B V Shetti; Chapter 19: Tripurantaka Siva (Destroyer Of Three Cities) By R Nagaswamy; Chapter 20: Two Rare Images Of Mahachandaroshana From Antichak By B S Verma; Chapter 21: From Graha Vinayaka To Siddhi Vinayaka By V V Krishna Sastry; Chapter 22: Courtesans And Tantric Consorts: Female Sexuality And Fertility In Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Biographies By Serinity Young; Chapter 23: Surya Sculptures From Hampi By K M Suresh; Chapter 24: Bull In Banas Culture By Arundhati Banerji; Section-Iii: Architecture; Chapter 25: Art And Architecture Of Tulunadu By H R Raghunath Bhat; Chapter 26: Inter-Relations In Regional Schools Of Indian Architecture By Krishna Deva; Chapter 27: Roman Influence On Indian Architecture: A Reassessment By D R Das; Chapter 28: Behati: New Light On Gupta Architecture: A Reassessment By D R Das; Chapter 29: Samidhesvata Temple, Chittorgarh By B L Nagarch; Chapter 30: A Star-Shaped Vimana At Hiresinganagutti By Shrinivas V Padigar; Chapter 31: The Virupaksha Temple At Pattadakal: Did Pallava Architect Build It/ By S Rajasekhara; Chapter 32: Intercultural Relationship Of The Sacred Architecture In Travancore By Falk Reitz; Volume-Ii Section-Iv: Archaeology; Chapter 33: The Left-Over Of Palaeolithic Man In And Around Betwa River Valley, Up By Sangita Chakraborty And Nayan Ananda Chakraborty; Chapter 34: Aspects Of Prehistoric Astronomy In India By N Kameswara Rao; Chapter 35: Recent Exploration Along The Narmada By V Shivananda; Chapter 36: Neolithic Ceramic Industries Of Northeastern And Centraleastern India By J S Nigam; Chapter 37: Harappan Landscape Of Western India By M K Dhavalikar; Chapter 38: Who Were The Aryas? By Susri M Vikram And Arun Kumar; Chapter 39:Namana: Chalcolithic Settlement In Hadoti Region Of Rajasthan By D N Dimri And Rejendra Yadav; Chapter 40: Current Perspectives On The Megalithic Culture Of South India By Udayaravi S Moorti; Chapter 41: Iron Technology In Eastern India: Archaeometallurgical Studies By Pranab K Chattopadhyay; Chapter 42: Archaeological Investigations In District Sravasti, Uttar Pradesh By D P Tewari And B K Pandey; Chapter 43: Excavations At Sarnath: Some Reflections Regarding Early Phase; Stratigraphy And Architecture By B R Mani; Chapter 44: The Kunindas And Their Archaeology In Garhwal Himalaya By B M Khanduri; Chapter 45: Recent Excavation At Udayagiri: A Revelation By Bimal Bandyopadhyay; Chapter 46: Colonial Indology And Some Non-Indian Critics By Dilip K Chakrabarti; Section-V: Epigraphy And Numismatics; Chapter 47: Two Donations In Favour Of The Mahasanghikas Of Mathura By Gouriswar Bhattacharya; Chapter 48: Agriculture And Industries As Gleaned From Place Names In Kalachuri Inscriptions By Malati Mahajan; Chapter 49: Maharashtraka-Traya Of Aihole Prasasti By Ishikawa Kan; Chapter 50: Literature Under Devaraya Ii Of Vijayanagara (Ad 1424-1446) By C T M Kotraiah; Chapter 51: Rohilkhand: An Epigraphical Study By M Ilyas Quddusi; Chapter 52: A Fresh Study On The Chronology Of Pala Dynasty Based On A Gold Coin Fro Bangladesh By Murtaja Baseer; Section-Vi: Antiquities And Museums; Chapter 53: Cultural Partimony And Heritage With Special Reference To Retrieval And Preservation Of Cultural Property By L K Srinivasan; Chapter 54: Protection Of Cultural Property Vis-A-Vis Antiquarian Legislation And People In India By C B Patil; Chapter 55: Beginning Of Museums And Museum Movement In India By I K Sarma; Section-Vii: Conservation And Heritage Management; Chapter 56: Archaeological Conservation In India: A General Survey By M C Joshi; Chapter 57: Concept Of Preservation-Conservation In Ancient Days By K K Ramamurthy; Chapter 58: Foundations Of The Taj Mahal By R Sengupta; Chapter 59: Monument Management And Urbanization: A Case Study Of Bhubaneswar By N James; Section-Viii: Miscellaneous; Chapter 60: Bareilly Through 1857-58 By M Yaseed Quddusi; Chapter 61: Not Very Long Ago By Ajit Kumar Dutta.