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E.B. Havell |
A Handbook to Agra and The Taj |
$9.99 $7.49 |
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| This little book is not intended for a history or archaeological study, but to assist those who visit, or have visited, Agra, to an intelligent understanding of one of the greatest epochs of Indian Art. |
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Janina Stroka |
A Captive of Her Love: Letters and Paintings of Janina Stroka |
$10.99 $8.24 |
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| This book is a collection of letters, poems and paintings by a Polish disciple of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother.
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Marilyn Stablein |
Sleeping in Caves |
$11.99 $8.99 |
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| In 1965, Stablein drops out of Berkeley and travels to India and Nepal with
her lover. Their brief getaway turns into a seven year stay.
"There are times when I ask myself," stablein writes," what am I doing here?
My answer: to point, to study a culture; to uncover its secrets; to listen to
the whispering, the sacred oral traditions; to learn by heart the names and
faces of deities so I can capture their images on paper and strive to imbue each
image with the greatness of its... |
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Susan L. Schwartz |
Rasa: Performing the Divine in India |
$12.49 $9.37 |
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| While many people outside India find the images, sounds, and practices of Indian performing arts compelling and endeavor to incorporate them into the "global" repertoire, few are aware of the central role of religious belief and practice in Indian aesthetics. Completing the trilogy that includes Darsan: Seeing the Divine in India and Mantra: Hearing the Divine in India and America, this volume focuses on how rasa has been applied in a range of Indian performance traditions. "Rasa" is taste,... |
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The Mother |
About Savitri: With some paintings (Volume IV) |
$15.99 $11.99 |
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| In 1968 the Mother commenced her work on Savitri with Huta. The Mother read out passages from Savitri and then after a deep contemplation gave her comments which were tape-recorded and later transcribed by Huta. The Mother named the work About Savitri.
In 1972 Huta offered to the Mother copies of About Savitri, Part One (now out of print), consisting of Book One Canto One. The Mother's message for the book was: "Savitri -- The supreme revelation of Sri Aurobindo's vision." Part Two of About... |
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Eva Rudy Jansen |
The Book of Hindu Imagery: Gods, Manifestations and Their Meaning |
$15.99 $11.99 |
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| Hinduism is more than a religion; it is a way of ife that has developed over approximately 5 milennia. Its rich and multicultured history, which has no equivalent among the great religions of the world, has made the structure of its mythical and philosophical principles into a highly differentiated maze, of which total knowledge is a practical impossibility. This volume cannot offer a complete survey of the meaning of Hinduism, but Eva Rudy Jansen does provide an extensive compilation of... |
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Bob Gibbons |
Erotic Art of the Kathmandu Valley |
$16.49 $12.37 |
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| This book goes a long way to providing an insight into these questions. It gives us glimpses of life depicted as explicityly as it may without hurting the sentiments of more conservative societies. "This 'Naughtiness' of Nepalese art may send blushes to the furthest periphery of your senses. Erotic Art of the Kathmandu Valley', 116 pages, softback, colour photos, discusses the reasons for the erotic art on the temples, and is a cultural guide to this often misunderstood topic.... |
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H.H. The Dowager Maharani of Cooch-Behar |
The Rajput Princesses |
$16.67 $12.50 |
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| The book highlights the exemplary acts of valour exhibited by the Rajput Princesses and the message which they have left for the entire mankind to emulate. The volume also contains a fascinating panorama of the paintings of the Rajput period. |
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The Mother |
About Savitri: With some paintings (Volume III) |
$18.99 $14.24 |
Temporarily Out of Stock |
| In 1968 the Mother commenced her work on Savitri with Huta. The Mother read out passages from Savitri and then after a deep contemplation gave her comments which were tape-recorded and later transcribed by Huta.The Mother named the work About Savitri.
In 1972 Huta offered to the Mother copies of About Savitri, Part One (now out of print), consisting of Book One Canto One. The Mother's message for the book was: "Savitri -- The supreme revelation of Sri Aurobindo's vision." Part Two of About... |
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Champaklal |
Visions of Champaklal |
$18.99 $14.24 |
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| Champaklal - one of the earliest and foremost disciples of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother - was their personal attendant for over five decades.
This book presents a collection of his dreams and visions, some with the interpretations given by Sri Aurobindo. An artist of exceptional merit, he has translated some of his dreams and visions in the language of symbolic painting.
Some of these paintings are also included in this collection along with their... |
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Ananda K. Coomaraswamy |
Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art |
$19.49 $14.62 |
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Eva Judy Jansen |
The Book of Buddhas |
$22.95 $17.21 |
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| Modern students who are drawn to the study and practice of Buddhism are not always able to easily learn the symbolic meaning of the various types of statuary connected to the study of this philosophy.
In Buddhism, every symbol has a meaning, and this book explores the symbolism of the ritual objects that are used on statues and painting, as well as explaining the ritual meaning of the objects associated with Buddhism.
This book serves as an introduction for Western students. it is not a... |
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Ghulam Yahya |
Crafting Traditions |
$29.48 $22.11 |
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| Our knowledge of Indian society during British rule in the nineteenth century has rested primarily on the voluminous records of the East India Company, the works of various Europeans, the writings of many civil servants of the Company and the accounts of Indians writing in this period. Interesting first-hand and very useful alternative sources are writings of Indians produced on request or assignment by company administrators. Such accounts are by no means readily available; they were probably... |
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Champaklal |
Champaklal as an Artist |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| Regarding Champaklal's artistic capacity Sri Aurobindo once wrote in the 1930s "Champaklal has a natural talent already developed to an unusual degree."
This commemorative album presents:
Paintings, Drawings and Studies from Life
Paintings Created by Marbling Technique on art paper
Selections from Sri Aurobindo and the Mother on "Beauty and Art"
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The Mother |
Paintings and Drawings |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| Trained as a painter in the 1890s at one of the best art studios in Paris, the Mother continued to express herself in art throughout her life. This collection of all the Mother's paintings and drawings will reveal to the discerning eye her rare artistic abilities. The book is beautifully produced with several colour plates.
Contents:
Introduction
Portrait of Sri Aurobindo
Self-portraits
The Paintings
The Drawings
The Mother as an Artist
The Mother on Art
Catalogue of... |
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Dr. M.H.K. Shastri |
Yantra Mahima |
$31.49 $23.62 |
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| The book deals with yantra pooja, design of yantras, the mantras being used for worshiping the yantra, energising (praan prathishtha) the yantra and other usages of the yantras. This book is the first part of work on tantra, mantra and yantra. The contents of this book are purely based on old Sanskrit classics. A detailed method of worshiping the yantras is given in the book which would be beneficial for the readers. The book contains colored pictures of the most popular... |
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Dr. B. Tirupati Rao |
Aesthetics: Modern and Postmodern |
$33.69 $25.27 |
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| Aesthetics: Modern and Postmodern is a steady study of philosophy and
aesthetics with critical debate. In this insightful social-political discussion on aesthetics, Dr. B. Tirupati Rao examines the aesthetic phenomenon from Plato to Derrida. Dr. Rao focuses on the difference, if not the clash between modern and postmodern aesthetics. Dr Rao gives new clues for a fuller understanding of the intricate epistemological roots of modern, postmodern and poststructuralist aesthetics. This... |
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Ghulam Yahya Mehr Afshan Farooqi (Tr. & Ed.) |
Crafting Traditions: Documenting Trades and Crafts in the Early 19th Century North India |
$33.99 $25.49 |
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| The Kitab-i-Tasavir Shishagaran Vaghairah Va Bayan-i-Alat-i-Anha (The IIIustrated Book About Makers of Glassware, etc. and a Description of Their Tools) is Written by Ghulam Yahya in a matter-of-fact scientific, observational style. It is an economic and ethnographic description of eleven tradesmen and their crafts in the district of Bareilly in the Rohilkhand area in the1820s. The text is augmented with detailed drawings, showing tools and processes and coloured paintings in the regional... |
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Shonar |
Of Past Dawns and Future Noons |
$37.49 $28.12 |
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| Ancient India achieved and contributed in almost every field of human endeavour in ways that were bewildering for her time. Although much has been written on Indian culture and history, an attempt has been made here at a fresh approach.
Practically all areas of human interest – architecture, sculpture, painting, handicrafts, dance, theatre, music, education, literature, politics, war, science, agriculture, medicine, religion – have been studied and presented.
Historical, yet not... |
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Ramsingh Urveti |
I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail |
$38.49 $28.87 |
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| A well-known folk poem from 17th century England, 'I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail' is a form of trick verse. The poem at first seems nonsensical, but given a break in the middle of each line begins to make perfect sense.In this pioneering visual exploration of I Saw a Peacock, Gond tribal artist Ramsingh Urveti and book designer Jonathan Yamakami use art and design in the service of language. Working together, revealing and concealing, they brilliantly mirror the shifting ways in which... |
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Laxman S. Thakur |
Visualizing a Buddhist Sutra Text and Figure in Himalayan Art |
$43.49 $32.62 |
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| The present volume analyses the inscriptions, murals, and manuscripts of the Avatamsakasutra of the Tabo Monastery. It particularly focuses on the Gandavyuhasutra, which forms part of the larger magnum opus and prescribes ways and means of attaining nirvana. It details the various stages through which a seeker of truth named Sadhana passed during his long spiritual sojourn
The murals comprise lively and continuous narratives that successfully visualize virtually incomprehensible Buddhist... |
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Bhajju Shyam(Ed.) |
Signature: Patterns in Gond Art |
$43.99 $32.99 |
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| From established artists to emerging talents, Signature features an array of Gond patterns. Gond artists hail from Central India and work with an older tradition of drawing on walls and floors. Yet these artists mark their work as their own with carefully chosen patterns. A valued symbol of memories and stories, the Gond pattern is at once contextual and universal. |
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Sudha Satyawadi |
Unique Art of Warli Paintings |
$44.99 $33.74 |
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| Warli painting has its own place in adivasi art of India. It takes its name from the Warli tribes of Maharashtra. It seems their roots are in the rock shelters of ancestors found in Bhimbhedka and Raisen in Madhya Pradesh.Warli paintings are pointers — they fulfil a purpose. Their presence in the hut is auspicious and is said to promote fertility, avert disease, propitiate the dead, etc. They show rituals at birth, marriage, a life full of dance and music, livelihood, connectivity with... |
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Utpal Chakraborty |
Bibliography on Indian Buddhist Art and Archaeology |
$47.49 $35.62 |
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| The book gives a representative overview of what has been researched and accomplished in the field of Indian Buddhist Art and Archaeology since Wilkins’s article on Bodh-Gaya in 1788 or Thomas Daniel’s first illustration on the Kanheri caves in 1798.
The bibliography includes 4081 entries, covering published materials in English and French languages over the last two centuries. It is divided into two parts. The first part contains 2410 entries and archaeology and Indian art in... |
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Marc Riboud |
I for Imagine |
$48.49 $36.37 |
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| Using the alphabet as guide, this lyrical photo book journeys into times and places marked by dream, history and anticipation.The alphabet book becomes a playful dimension through which to view the powerful images of master photographer Marc Riboud. The alphabets here are pointers, at once sharpening and diffusing meaning, taking us through landscapes marked by memory and history. Delicate, whimsical, and inexorably political, these timeless images of war, love, work, revolution, and the... |
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