The Theory of Citrasutras in Indian Painting
The Theory of Citrasutras in Indian Painting

Author: Isabella Nardi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-01-24

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1134165234

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The study of technical treatises in Indian art has increasingly attracted much interest. This work puts forward a critical re-examination of the key Indian concepts of painting described in the Sanskrit treatises, called citrasutras. In an in-depth and systematic analysis of the texts on the theory of Indian painting, it critically examines the different ways in which the texts have been interpreted and used in the study of Indian painting, and suggests a new approach to reading and understanding their concepts. Contrary to previous publications on the subject, it is argued that the intended use of such texts as a standard of critique largely failed due to a fundamental misconceptualization of the significance of ‘text’ for Indian painters. Isabella Nardi offers an original approach to research in this field by drawing on the experiences of painters, who are considered as a valid source of knowledge for our understanding of the citrasutras, and provides a new conceptual framework for understanding the interlinkages between textual sources and the practice of Indian painting. Filling a significant gap in Indian scholarship, Nardi's study will appeal to those studying Indian painting and Indian art in general.

Fine Arts in Ancient India
Fine Arts in Ancient India

Author: Anil Baran Ganguly

Publisher: Abhinav Publications

Published: 1979

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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In This Latest Work, Dr. A.B. Ganguly, Who Is A Scholar Of International Repute (And Noted For His Researches In The Religious Cults Of Medieval India), Projects A Kaleidoscopic View Of The Highly Developed Fine Arts Of Ancient India (That Made This Country The Pride And Envy Of The Whole World).If You Wish To Know Why Indian Civilization And Culture Endured While The Greek And Roman Declined, You Must Persue This Wonderful Book. It Will Tell You What Lent Physical Vitality And Spiritual Strength To Life And Made It Profoundly Rich And Deeply Meaningful In Days Gone By, What Made For The Ancient Indian S Irrepressible Zest For Life, How Almost Everything Was Looked Upon And Developed As A Fine Art-And Sixty-Four Arts Are Justly Renowned.The Famous Sixty-Four Arts Of Ancient India Have Been Dealt With Briefly And Entertainingly And Enlivened By Apt Anecdotes Where Necessary By The Erudite Author. Also, We Have A Lively Account Of Such Subjects As Music, Dancing, Histrionics, Painting, And Decoration, Culinary, Engineering And Horticultural Arts That Commanded Popular Acclaim.Ancient India Was Noted, Inter Seven For Such Arts As Magic, Thieving And Gambling, Which Were Considered Respectable Fine Arts. The Education Of A Prince And A Son Of Well-To-Do Parents Were Not Considered Complete Unless These Arts Were Also Included In The Curriculum.There Was A Technique Of Devising Amusements And Making Beds. Personal Embellishment Both Of Males And Females Was Prized Highly. It Will Probably Come As A Surprise To Many That In Olden Days Over Two Thousand Years Ago, The Indians Had Developed The Physical And Social Arts To A Remarkable Degree. They Included Walking, Ju-Jitsu, Gymnastics, Games, Sports, Yogasanas, Wrestling, Boxing, Hunting, Chariot, Horse, Elephant Races, Etc. The Greatest Merit Possibly Of This Most Unusual Tome Is That It Is Adequately Documented, So That Inquisitive Students May Pursue Their Chosen Subject Fruitfully With Helpful Guidelines.

Inventing the Sarod
Inventing the Sarod

Author: Adrian McNeil

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 314

ISBN-13:

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This is a major musical and cultural history of the sarod, a leading stringed instrument in Hindustani classical music, which documents the cultural origins, historical development and music styles of this instrumental tradition over the last three centuries. It documents the history of its musicians, their social organization, patron groups, modes of patronage, musical and aesthetic developments, instrument design and construction, narratives, musical terminology, and conception of musical sound over this period. In so doing it provides a detailed account of how this community of musicians devised and implemented strategies to deal with the major challenges generated by a succession of political economies from premodern times to the present. It highlights the cultural syncretism and diversity that has underpinned the development of the tradition to date. The book also sets out to construct a methodology that historicizes sound and makes it an object of study. A primary aim of the book is to address the current climate of contestation over the cultural ownership of the tradition and its history which is argued to be one of the cultural consequences of globalization and part of a wider tendency of re-imagining the past. Informing this study are the rich oral histories and narratives that pervade the tradition; Sanskrit texts on music; primary materials and studies in vernacular languages; studies in Indian anthropological and sociological studies; colonial records; ethnographies; sound recordings and the author s fieldwork and rigorous training in sarod over the last two decades. Adrian McNeil researches and writes on Indian classical music. Currently Senior Research Fellow, Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, he has published widely on various aspects of Indian classical music. He is a trained sarod player with several performances to his credit.

Tāntric Hedonism of Mahānadī Valley (Uḍ̣ḍīyāna Pīṭha)
Tāntric Hedonism of Mahānadī Valley (Uḍ̣ḍīyāna Pīṭha)

Author: Jitāmitra Prasāda Siṃhadeba

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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It Is The Study Of The Yogic Developments In The Mahanadi Valley Which Evolved Erotic Mysticism And Examines The Evolution Of Tantric Cults. With Numerous Illustrations, It Emphasises On The Art And Architectural Expressions Of Tantric Belief. Furthermore The Concept Of Sex To Super-Consciousness Has Been Described In Detail.