Author: C. Raja Raja Varma
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Diary Of C. Raja Raja Varma, Ravi Varma`S Brother, Is A Huge Source Of Information On The Accomplishmnets Of Ravi Varma And The Working Of His Lithographic Press Over A Ten-Year Period, 1894-05-1905
Raja Ravi Varma, Portrait of an Artist
Author: C. Raja Raja Varma
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Diary Of C. Raja Raja Varma, Ravi Varma`S Brother, Is A Huge Source Of Information On The Accomplishmnets Of Ravi Varma And The Working Of His Lithographic Press Over A Ten-Year Period, 1894-05-1905
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
The Diary Of C. Raja Raja Varma, Ravi Varma`S Brother, Is A Huge Source Of Information On The Accomplishmnets Of Ravi Varma And The Working Of His Lithographic Press Over A Ten-Year Period, 1894-05-1905
Raja Ravi Varma
Author: Ravi Varma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788190157612
Category : Painting, Indic
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
On the life and works of Raja Ravi Varma, 1848-1906, famous painter from Kerala; includes reproduction of his paintings.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788190157612
Category : Painting, Indic
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
On the life and works of Raja Ravi Varma, 1848-1906, famous painter from Kerala; includes reproduction of his paintings.
Prince with a Paintbrush
Author: Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
Publisher: Red Panda
ISBN: 9789390679317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Red Panda
ISBN: 9789390679317
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Raja Ravi Varma
Author: Ranjit Desai
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9350296624
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A controversial novel based on the life of India's most celebrated painter, Raja Ravi Varma He was accused of making the gods look like humans and insulting them by portraying them in the nude. He countered that he saw divinity in both gods and humans, and that nudity was the purest form he knew. This is the story of a little boy who grew up making charcoal sketches on freshly whitewashed temple walls and went on to be titled in the court of Thiruvananthapuram as 'Raja' for his artistic prowess. His painting of a Nair woman who worked in his wife's palace brought him wrath and recognition alike. His deep involvement with Sugandha, the Maharastrian lady, who became Menaka, Damayanti and Urvashi in his most acclaimed works caught the fancy of many critics and admirers.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9350296624
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A controversial novel based on the life of India's most celebrated painter, Raja Ravi Varma He was accused of making the gods look like humans and insulting them by portraying them in the nude. He countered that he saw divinity in both gods and humans, and that nudity was the purest form he knew. This is the story of a little boy who grew up making charcoal sketches on freshly whitewashed temple walls and went on to be titled in the court of Thiruvananthapuram as 'Raja' for his artistic prowess. His painting of a Nair woman who worked in his wife's palace brought him wrath and recognition alike. His deep involvement with Sugandha, the Maharastrian lady, who became Menaka, Damayanti and Urvashi in his most acclaimed works caught the fancy of many critics and admirers.
Raja Ravi Varma, 1848-1906
Author: Ravi Varma
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788191002614
Category : Hindu goddesses in art
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book Raja Ravi Varma 'Oleographs Catalogue', a pioneering work with the exclusive publication of 110 oleographs / lithographs of Ravi Varma's paintings, giving the corresponding thematic description of the subjects covering vast topics like Hindu religion, Mythology, Sanskrit Literature such as Shakunthalam, Kadambari, Priyadarshika, etc., is written by Dr.D.Jegat Ishwari. Collection of oleographs has taken more than fifteen years of strenuous efforts and writing of the book more than two years for reference work. These prints have great antique value and have become collectors' choice. The book unlike other art publications is without obtaining courtesy from any extraneous source. It gives a comprehensive idea of Ravi Varma's oleographs, will serve as collectors' guide for antique lovers and help students of art and critics. Could be of immense use to readers who love Indian art, culture and for art Institutions / Departments. Foreword for the book is written by the Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Chennai circle and Preface by the Regional Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, Chennai.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788191002614
Category : Hindu goddesses in art
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book Raja Ravi Varma 'Oleographs Catalogue', a pioneering work with the exclusive publication of 110 oleographs / lithographs of Ravi Varma's paintings, giving the corresponding thematic description of the subjects covering vast topics like Hindu religion, Mythology, Sanskrit Literature such as Shakunthalam, Kadambari, Priyadarshika, etc., is written by Dr.D.Jegat Ishwari. Collection of oleographs has taken more than fifteen years of strenuous efforts and writing of the book more than two years for reference work. These prints have great antique value and have become collectors' choice. The book unlike other art publications is without obtaining courtesy from any extraneous source. It gives a comprehensive idea of Ravi Varma's oleographs, will serve as collectors' guide for antique lovers and help students of art and critics. Could be of immense use to readers who love Indian art, culture and for art Institutions / Departments. Foreword for the book is written by the Superintending Archaeologist, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), Chennai circle and Preface by the Regional Director, Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, Chennai.
Popular Indian Art
Author: Erwin Neumayer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book introduces the reader to modern Indian Hindu iconography. Well annotated and with a large number of rare oleographs, it will appeal to art historians and those interested in popular Indian culture.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This book introduces the reader to modern Indian Hindu iconography. Well annotated and with a large number of rare oleographs, it will appeal to art historians and those interested in popular Indian culture.
The Painter A Life of Ravi Varma
Author: Deepanjana Pal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788184001242
Category : Short stories, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
He was the most famous Indian artist of his age: the darling of the royal courts; an artist whose depiction of gods and goddesses as men and women put a human face to divinities; and the entrepreneur who realized his dream of bringing art to the masses. For the first time comes a grippingly told story of Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), from his early days with the royal family of Travancore in Kerala, to the years he spent teaching himself to paint and blend European art's sensuality with Indian subjects, through to his sojourns into the royal courts of India as a celebrity portraitist, and his move to Mumbai where he started a printing press that left him bankrupt. Beautifully told, immaculately researched and full of colour, this is the first popular biography of one of India's greatest artists.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788184001242
Category : Short stories, Indic (English)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
He was the most famous Indian artist of his age: the darling of the royal courts; an artist whose depiction of gods and goddesses as men and women put a human face to divinities; and the entrepreneur who realized his dream of bringing art to the masses. For the first time comes a grippingly told story of Raja Ravi Varma (1848-1906), from his early days with the royal family of Travancore in Kerala, to the years he spent teaching himself to paint and blend European art's sensuality with Indian subjects, through to his sojourns into the royal courts of India as a celebrity portraitist, and his move to Mumbai where he started a printing press that left him bankrupt. Beautifully told, immaculately researched and full of colour, this is the first popular biography of one of India's greatest artists.
The Painter
Author: Deepanjana Pal
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184002610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
On April 29, 1848, in a small estate in Travancore, was born a boy destined to become more famous than the ruler of his kingdom. His uncle, noticing his precocious talent at art, took the teenager to the royal court at the invitation of the king to learn painting there. Ravi Varma’s debut was to come seven years later when a Danish painter arrived in court to paint the Maharaja and his wife. The twenty-year-old boldly upstaged the experienced artist, presenting the king with a more flattering painting of the royal couple at the same time as the official portrait was unveiled. Jensen, the painter, never forgave Ravi Varma, but for the young man there was no looking back. His reputation grew with each painting. For the first time, an Indian artist was using the realism and sensuality of the European oil painters and applying them to not just ordinary Indians, but to the deities as well. The artist-prince became India’s first celebrity painter. The lines to see his exhibition of mythological paintings in Bombay in 1890—the first public showing by any Indian artist—were endless; the prices he commanded were astronomical; then, when he started his own printing press, producing oleographs of his work, Raja Ravi Varma became a household name. Soon, every home had a Ravi Varma print. For the first time, comes a beautifully told, gripping account of Ravi Varma: the man who was the darling of the royal courts, but who hardly gave his own wife and children any time; the nobleman who took the revolutionary step of being an artist, yet who insisted on using the false title of raja; and the idealistic entrepreneur who bankrupted himself running a printing press, yet whose dream of bringing art to the masses became a reality. Blending fact with imagination, writing with wit and lyricism, Deepanjana Pal takes you into the life of an extraordinary man and brings him vividly alive.
Publisher: Random House India
ISBN: 8184002610
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
On April 29, 1848, in a small estate in Travancore, was born a boy destined to become more famous than the ruler of his kingdom. His uncle, noticing his precocious talent at art, took the teenager to the royal court at the invitation of the king to learn painting there. Ravi Varma’s debut was to come seven years later when a Danish painter arrived in court to paint the Maharaja and his wife. The twenty-year-old boldly upstaged the experienced artist, presenting the king with a more flattering painting of the royal couple at the same time as the official portrait was unveiled. Jensen, the painter, never forgave Ravi Varma, but for the young man there was no looking back. His reputation grew with each painting. For the first time, an Indian artist was using the realism and sensuality of the European oil painters and applying them to not just ordinary Indians, but to the deities as well. The artist-prince became India’s first celebrity painter. The lines to see his exhibition of mythological paintings in Bombay in 1890—the first public showing by any Indian artist—were endless; the prices he commanded were astronomical; then, when he started his own printing press, producing oleographs of his work, Raja Ravi Varma became a household name. Soon, every home had a Ravi Varma print. For the first time, comes a beautifully told, gripping account of Ravi Varma: the man who was the darling of the royal courts, but who hardly gave his own wife and children any time; the nobleman who took the revolutionary step of being an artist, yet who insisted on using the false title of raja; and the idealistic entrepreneur who bankrupted himself running a printing press, yet whose dream of bringing art to the masses became a reality. Blending fact with imagination, writing with wit and lyricism, Deepanjana Pal takes you into the life of an extraordinary man and brings him vividly alive.
False Allies 2021
Author: Manu S. Pillai
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789391165895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this brilliantly researched book, Manu S. Pillai uncovers a picture of the Indian princes far removed from the existing cliches and reminds us that the maharajahs were serious political actors - essential to knowing modern India.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789391165895
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In this brilliantly researched book, Manu S. Pillai uncovers a picture of the Indian princes far removed from the existing cliches and reminds us that the maharajahs were serious political actors - essential to knowing modern India.
Art and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1850-1922
Author: Partha Mitter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521443548
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Partha Mitter's book is a pioneering study of the history of modern art on the Indian subcontinent from 1850 to 1922. The author tells the story of Indian art during the Raj, set against the interplay of colonialism and nationalism. The work addresses the tensions and contradictions that attended the advent of European naturalism in India, as part of the imperial design for the westernisation of the elite, and traces the artistic evolution from unquestioning westernisation to the construction of Hindu national identity. Through a wide range of literary and pictorial sources, Art and Nationalism in Colonial India balances the study of colonial cultural institutions and networks with the ideologies of the nationalist and intellectual movements which followed. The result is a book of immense significance, both in the context of South Asian history and in the wider context of art history.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521443548
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Partha Mitter's book is a pioneering study of the history of modern art on the Indian subcontinent from 1850 to 1922. The author tells the story of Indian art during the Raj, set against the interplay of colonialism and nationalism. The work addresses the tensions and contradictions that attended the advent of European naturalism in India, as part of the imperial design for the westernisation of the elite, and traces the artistic evolution from unquestioning westernisation to the construction of Hindu national identity. Through a wide range of literary and pictorial sources, Art and Nationalism in Colonial India balances the study of colonial cultural institutions and networks with the ideologies of the nationalist and intellectual movements which followed. The result is a book of immense significance, both in the context of South Asian history and in the wider context of art history.