Sikh Art and Literature

Sikh Art and Literature

Author: Kerry Brown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-09-11

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 1134631367

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Sikh Art and Literature traverses the 500-year history of a religion that dawned with the modern age in a land that was a thoroughfare of invading armies, ideas and religions and arts of the East and West. Essays by art curators, historians and collectors and religion and literary scholars are illustrated with some of the earliest and finest Sikh paintings. Sikh modernism and mysticism is explored in essays on the holy Guru Granth Sahib; the translations and writings of the British Raj convert, M.A. Macauliffe; the fathers of modern Punjabi literature, Bhai Vir Singh and Puran Singh; and the 20th century fiction writers Bhai Mohan Vaid Singh and Khushwant Singh. Excerpts from journals of visitors to the court of the diminutive and new translations of early twentieth century poetry add depth and originality to this beautiful and accessible introduction to the art, literature, beliefs and history of the Sikhs. Illustrated throughout with 42 colour and 92 black and white images, Sikh Art and Literature is a colourful, heartfelt, and informative introduction to the Sikh culture.


New Insights Into Sikh Art

New Insights Into Sikh Art

Author: Kavita Singh

Publisher: Marg Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1

ISBN-13: 8185026602

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The book seeks out fascinating and important aspects of Sikh art and heritage that have not often been studied before. The book looks towards the present and the future with essays on images of and by Sikhs in photography and early modern art, and on the Khalsa Heritage Complex at Anandpur Sahib


In Pursuit of Empire

In Pursuit of Empire

Author: Davinder Toor

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781911271031

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Two centuries ago, Punjab's Sikh ruling elite lavishly patronised artists and craftsmen to enhance the extraordinary splendour of their flourishing empire. A sumptuous array of objects fit for Sikh kings, queens, warriors and saints were produced by skilled artisans to reflect a vibrant and potent new power on the world's stage. Through the remarka


I See No Stranger

I See No Stranger

Author: B. N. Goswamy

Publisher: Mapin

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781890206048

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No one is a Hindu; no one is a Muslim. With these radical words Guru Nanak (1469-1539) founded the Sikh religion, calling for the recognition of one God, by whatever name devotees chose to call him, and the rejection of superstition, avarice, meaningless ritual, and social oppression. In his embrace of all religions, Guru Nanak envisioned a loving God that was outside the bounds of any one religion. He upheld the truth of equality among all beings and practiced the quiet heroics of holding up a mirror to foolishness. Meditation and devotion were identified as the work of the private domain and charity, honest work, and service to humanity as the obligation to the social domain. The goal of this catalogue and the exhibition it documents is to bring together and illuminate works of art that identify these core Sikh beliefs in the period of their early development by the ten historical Gurus (16th-17th century). Through them, we are taken behind the external signs that identify Sikhs, who constitute the world's fifth largest organized religion, to its founding principles. The works of art, from the sixteenth century through the nineteenth century, include paintings, drawings, textiles, and metalwork. They are drawn from museum collections in India and the United States and private collections in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The essay and object texts by B.N. Goswamy and Caron Smith provide insight into early Sikh devotion and examine the works of art in the context of the North Indian cultural mix in which they were created.


Mantra Art

Mantra Art

Author: Juss Kaur

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781911271130

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Meditative images made out of thousands of handwritten mantra that inspire the Sikh concept of Oneness. Accompanied by the author's insights regarding her own persional developement.


Sikh

Sikh

Author: Eleanor Nesbitt

Publisher:

Published: 2021-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781911271208

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Unique study of two centuries of encounters with the world's fifth largest religion by over 70 western women - among them Queen Victoria, Charlotte Bronte and JK Rowling.