Gods, Guardians, and Lovers: Temple Sculpture from North India

Arts & Photography

Vishakha Desai

Sculpture

Mapin

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SPECTACULAR INDIA: A Mapin Book

Hugh Lauter Levin Associates & Mapin Pub

Above all else, Delhi's National Handcrafts and Handlooms Museum establishes the timeless tradition of Indian crafts. The stress here is not on antiquity but on continuity. Thus, there are metal-casting methods and pottery techniques that bear striking affinity -- indeed, that may be distinctly traced -- to those of Harappan times. And thoughout the county, weavers still sit at the simple looms that their forefathers used for centuries, producing textiles of the same surpassing beauty.Catalogue groupings are made on the basis of materials used for techniques followed, which is why a South Indian icon may be juxtaposed with a ritual mask from Himachai. These links transcend barriers of time and region, forming a network of intriguing similarities. Every effort is made in the Crafts Museum, as it was formerly called to proide the larger social context within which a particular item takes its place. Thus we are not confronted with mere objects encased in glassThe first in a series of The Museums of India, this volume catalogues a specific collection; however it also serves as a handbook of India's folk arts and crafts. Through the Museum's continuing programme of workshops and live demonstrations by visiting craftspeople, the authors have gleaned a wealth of information on their everyday lives -- hitherto uncollated and unpublished -- and on the myths and legends that inspired them.

National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, New Delhi

Jain, Jyotindra

Reference

The Cultural Guide to Ahmedabad

Travel

Sarabhai, Mallika

Asia

Indian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901-1913

A Vision of Splendour: Indian Heritage in the Photographs of Jean Philippe Vogel, 1901-1913

Theuns-de Boer, Gerda

Individual Artists

Devi, the Great Goddess of India is beautiful, beneficent, terrifying, all-powerful, and glorious. Ubiquitous in India's social and spiritual fabric, she has, over the millennia, been painted, sculpted, carved, and wrought from silver and bronze in a myriad of shapes and forms. Devi: The Great Goddess brings together one hundred and twenty of these diverse examples of Devi and a group of distinguished essayists who explore facets of Devi worship and tradition, including ritual, architecture, literature, history and contemporary issues such as feminism and gender politics.From a terra-cotta goddess figurine dating to 100 B.C. to "At the Hub of Things" (1987), a monumental contemporary sculpture by Anish Kapoor, to twentieth-century folk art figurines, the beauty and diversity of the art of the Great Goddess showcased here testify to her continual and powerful presence in the life of India. "India is a land of stories, " asserts Thomas Coburn, author of "The Threefold Vision of the Devi Mahatmya, " the principle sacred text devoted to worship of the Great Goddess. A land of stories, vibrant history, and extraordinary art, India is home to Devi, the Great Goddess, celebrated in this volume with stories, poems, scholarship, and lavish illustrations. The book will appeal to readers compelled by the exploration and interpretation of the art, religion, and history of India.

Devi: The Great Goddess

Dehejia, Vidya

Few of us are born with the ability to know exactly what we need in our homes, much less how we want it to look. In "The Guide to Home Decorating Indian Style", Priscilla Kohutek gives us guidelines in a practical, down-to-earth manner, which everyone can understand and follow. Her book is full of cost effective advice on everything from how to plan a smart kitchen layout to squeezing in some space for an extra bathroom to knock-out window treatments that won't break the bank. The book emphasises the unique requirements of the Indian home and its climate.

The Guide to Home Decorating Indian Style

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Kohutek, Priscilla

Home Improvement & Design

A Zoroastrian Tapestry: Art, Religion & Culture

Introduces the contemporary Indian art scene through alphabetical entries that describe different techniques, methods, concepts, institutions, forms and schools of art, and artists.

Dictionary of Indian Art and Artists

Sheth, Pratima

History & Criticism

Jugnu Rani, a tiny firefly, ponders over her insignificance and witnesses the gradual distancing between trees and humankind. She observes the disciplined life of ants and the hard work of the bees, and feels that her existence is useless. But Suraj Dada, the Sun, reminds her that every creature has a place and purpose in the universe.

How the Firefly Got Its Light

Kumar, Pradyumna

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