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Traditional Arts of South Asia: Continuity in Contemporary Practice & Patronage
Crispin Branfoot
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Description for Traditional Arts of South Asia: Continuity in Contemporary Practice & Patronage
Hardcover. This book examines the challenges of modernity to the development, understanding and practice of the traditions of architecture, sculpture, textiles and paintings of South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Branfoot, Crispin. Series: Saffron Asian Art & Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 275. BIC Classification: 1FK; 2B; 3J; 4K; 4P; 5AX; AB; AC; AF; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 742.
South Asia is well known for its vibrant visual culture, with a rich artistic tradition that stretches back over two millennia. Traditional Arts of South Asia: continuity in contemporary patronage and practice examines the challenges of modernity to the development, understanding and practice of the traditions of architecture, sculpture, textiles and paintings of South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Included are studies of traditions of art in India and Sri Lanka in the context of the nineteenth century British Arts & Crafts Movement; the production and consumption of block-printed cloth and other textiles in western India; the impact ... Read more
South Asia is well known for its vibrant visual culture, with a rich artistic tradition that stretches back over two millennia. Traditional Arts of South Asia: continuity in contemporary patronage and practice examines the challenges of modernity to the development, understanding and practice of the traditions of architecture, sculpture, textiles and paintings of South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Included are studies of traditions of art in India and Sri Lanka in the context of the nineteenth century British Arts & Crafts Movement; the production and consumption of block-printed cloth and other textiles in western India; the impact ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
EAPGROUP United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Saffron Asian Art & Society
Condition
New
Weight
741g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781872843322
SKU
V9781872843322
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About Crispin Branfoot
Crispin Branfoot is Senior Lecturer in South Asian art & archaeology at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of Gods on the Move: architecture and ritual in the south Indian temple (2007), co-author with Roger Taylor of the catalogue for an international exhibition Captain Linnaeus Tripe: photographer of India and Burma, 1852-1860, and editor with Ruth Barnes of ... Read more
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