Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi in May 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-311) and index.
Contents:
Creating the sensibility of the modern Indian artist-craftsman : Santiniketan and the Arts and Crafts movement -- Making a Gandhian utopia : art, design, and pedagogy at Sevagram -- A peaceful world is a creative world : England and the War Resisters' International -- A universal spirit -- Coming full circle.
Summary:
Devi Prasad (1921--June 1, 2011) was an Indian artist and peace activist. He was a pioneering studio potter, painter, designer, photographer, art educator and peace activist. He studied at Rabindranath Tagore's Santiniketan and also at Sevagram. This catalog includes a selection from his 65 year long career, and argues for an aesthetic basis for India's freedom movement--rooted in the English Arts and Crafts Movement--and its influence on the founders of that movement.
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