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Author:

Ahuja, Naman P.

Title:

The making of a modern Indian artist-craftsman : Devi Prasad / Naman P. Ahuja ; with contributions by Krishna Kumar, Kristine Michael, Bob Overy, and Sunand Prasad.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

317 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm.

Subject:

Devi Prasad--Exhibitions.
Art, Indic--20th century--Exhibitions.
Decorative arts--India--20th century--Exhibitions.
Arts and crafts movement--India.

Other Authors:

Krishna Kumar, 1951-
Michael, Kristine.
Overy, Bob, 1943-
Prasad, Sunand.
Lalit Kala Akademi.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0415602297
9780415602297

OCLC:

(OCoLC)648937557

LCCN:

2012335216

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)