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Author : Surendra Kumar Srivastava
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Pottery, Ancient
ISBN : STANFORD:36105022407634
Study with special reference to Uttar Pradesh, India.
Author : Pratapaditya Pal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015052977264
The subject of this volume is the fired earthen sculpture, commonly known as terracotta, whose history goes back to the dawn of civilization on the subcontinent. The aim is to provide new material and insights into early Indian terracotta art in a chronological framework, from pre-Harappan times to the Gupta period. Beginning with the prehistoric period, discoveries at several new Harappan sites in India excavated since 1947 and the remarkable terracotta figurines unearthed at Mehrgarh in Pakistan are discussed. Although the southern peninsula cannot boast either the antiquity or the richness of the prehistoric terracotta tradition of the north, one particular region around the Nilgiris studied here has yielded clay sculptures fascinating for their abstract yet robust forms which reveal connections with earlier northern figures. The typological continuity with Harappan culture is evident from material exacavated at Taxila. The lesser-known site of Sugh in Haryana reveals types that spread across the northern plains all the way to the most important site for terracotta sculpture discovered in the subcontinent, Chandraketugarh in West Bengal. The terracotta finds of the middle and lower Gangetic valley are studied in Pradesh whose exceptionally elegant figurines and decorative temple panels reveal astonishing eloquence of the pan-Indian aesthetic of the Gupta period. No single volume thus far has provided such an overview, and this book should therefore be useful for art historians and all those who are interested in this rich tradition which survives in India to this day.
Author : Arundhati Banerji
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015032202023
Early Indian Terracotta Art Traces The Origin, Typology & Stylistic Evolution Of Backed Clay Figurines In Northern & Western India (C. 2000-300 B.C.). They Have Been Classified Into Three Main Stages Namely The Crude & Simple Post-Harappan & Chaleolithic Cultures With The Bull As The Prominent Figure, The Iron Age When A Variety Of Local Art Styles Emerged, And The Early Nbp Period Showing Qualitative & Quantitative Growth With The Prominence Of Ornamented Elephant & Nagi Figurines Along With Other Animal And Human Forms.
Author : Satishchandra Kala
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Terra-cotta figurines
ISBN : 8173200106
Terracotta is an important medium of Indian art. Somehow very little attention has been paid to this subject. Many a scholars in the forties placed it under the category of folk art .Things have now changed and three is effective awareness and recognition of the subject. Terracottas were massproduced and a vast number of these are lying with the Archaeological Survey of India, State museums and private collections. The material needs detailed documentation.
Author : Asha Vishnu
Publisher : Mittal Publications
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Excavations (Archaeology)
ISBN : 8170994101
Author : Amy G. Poster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015016811591
Author : Arputha Rani Sengupta
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015064135885
The book focuses on cult and cultural synthesis in India. The terracotta images are of profound nature and have significant role in fertility and funerary rituals. The terracotta temples of Bishnupur have also been dealt with. The main focus in on votive terracotta, which includes portable icons and sculptured veneer on architectural monuments of Bengal in the late medieval period. The images are vaishnavite and saivite krishna, Buddha as avatara or vishnu, Ramayana and Mahabharata scenes, etc. have been depicted. T
Author : Urmila Sant
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015041926752
Author : Amy G. Poster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Art
ISBN : 0295964561
Author : Ratan Parimoo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015061138569
The Essays Here, Challenging The Boundaries And Assumptions Of Mainstream Art History, Question Many Preconceived Notions About Meaning In Representations Artistic And Art Historical. Emphasizing On Specific Visual Cultures Within The Dynamics Of Historical Processes, They Raise Critical Issues Of Art Production, Circulation And Consumption And Attempt To Rescue Traditional Arts From A Past That Is Hermetically Sealed Off From The Present.
Author : Ordhendra Coomar Gangoly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSC:32106014848789
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Mapin Publishing Pvt Ltd
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Pottery
ISBN : 8185822093
Down Through The Ages, Clay Has Been The Perfect Medium For Indian Creativity. Its Myriad Shapes And Styles Range From The Miniscule To The Gigantic, From Realistic To Abstract, From Purely Practical To Utterly Fantastic. India S One Million Potters Mor
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 1418 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8184245688
Author : Shibani Bose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199099870
Since antiquity, big mammals have inspired fear as well as fantasy among humans. Not only do megafauna pervade the domains of religion, art, literature, and folklore, it is also now widely acknowledged that they can serve as important, if not always adequate, indices of environmental quality. In this book, Shibani Bose looks into eras bygone in order to chronicle the journeys of three mega mammals, the rhinoceros, elephant, and tiger, across millennia in early north India. Carefully sifting through archaeological evidence and literary records in Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, and classical Western accounts, Bose documents the presence of these big mammals in diverse cultural contexts, from hunter-gatherer societies to the first urban civilization of India and beyond. This work aims to reconstruct human interactions with these mega species through time while trying to understand the larger ecology of ancient India. This book is especially well-timed as the conservation of our megafaunal heritage is a major concern for biologists, ecologists, and conservationists. It underlines the need to historicize human interactions with these mega mammals with the contention that awareness regarding their past is critical for their future.
Author : Kuldeep Singh Thind
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Artisans
ISBN : 8124605238
The basic aim of the book is to expose the major contributions of artisans and craftsmen in portraying the society in different perspectives. These artisans and craftsmen, were drawn mostly from the shudras, lower caste of the community, suppressed and have-nots section of the society, but were highly talented. The work is also designed to create interest among the reader and scholars alike, to understand the society of the period under reference through the immortal art of these creative people. The artisans such as potters, weavers, carpenters, architects, sculptors, brick-makers, metallurgy and metal workers, leather workers, painters, and the workers engaged in the profession of ivory, glass and mirror, perfume and cosmetic, musical instrument, oil, salt and liquor makers, etc. were the heroes of that time, who not only met the day-to-day requirement of the then society, but also portrayed different aspects of their life, in its true color, through their workmanship. It was the architect who designed and constructed houses to live in, as well as water tank, well and channel, royal building, stupa, temple and fort, bridge, pillar and rock-edict etc., which met the need of the society. Today, we feel proud of the rich heritage of old Indian art and architecture, credit for which solely goes to the then artisan who crafted immortal creations. However, the invaluable contribution made by the historians in immortalizing their creations, by putting them in black and white, is no less important. It is the historian, whose mighty pen has immortalized not only Ashoka the great, as a king but also the creators of the stupas of his times on equal footings. It is with this aim in view that the present book has been presented to the posterity, in order to pay rich tributes to the creators of our rich cultural heritage. Unluckly there was no proper institutionalized provision for the education of artisans and craftsmen, so generally the former adopted the occupation of their parents and hereditary skill was enhances as it was transferred from father to son, and generation to generation. Contemporary sources reveal that the social stautus of artisan class was based on the nature and economic conditions of a particular profession.
