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Ahmedabad : Mapin Publishing; Middletown: Grantha Corp., 1994. (228 p., 167 color ill., 4 b/w ill., map, glossary, bibliography; 26 x 26 cm).
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228 p.; 26 cm
ISBN
050023485X / 9780500234853
Local notes
From the front jacket flap:
"In the context of the arts and crafts, Rajasthan — abode of rajas — has been a land of great patronage. Its geographical location at the top western corner of India linked it by land to the Middle East and Europe, throwing it open to the Afghans, Turks, Persians, Mongols, Yavanas, Jats, White Huns & Scythians. As blood was mixed — first in war, then in peace — the cultures intermingled. New skills brought new palettes and textures.
Like Crafts of Gujarat, the first in the Living Traditions of India series, this book opens to the reader a luminous new world of arts and crafts. Written by scholars, it highlights the interrelatedness of the various crafts, in patterns, motifs and colours and traces how, in Rajasthan, most crafts developed to answer royal needs and demands, and not to fulfill rural needs as in other parts of the country. It is illustrated with many colour photographs of the people who use, wear, and make these crafts, and who have ensured that these traditions live."
CONTENTS:
Introduction 12
Aman Nath
Francis Wacziarg
Textiles 34
Chandramani Singh
Bunny Page
Weaving 60
Heer Singh Jasol
Ornamentation 74
Aman Nath
Jewellery 92
Gold: Sanjiv Kakar
Silver: Poppy Dandiya
Metalwork 114
Jyotindra Jain
Leather 130
Poonam Muttreja
Stonework 142
Jutta Jain-Neubauer
Painting 158
Miniature: Asok Das
Cloth: Amit Ambalal
Terracotta 176
Pramod Kumar
Jaipur Blue Pottery and Tilework 186
Aman Nath
Woodwork 206
Francis Wacziarg
Glossary 218
Bibliography 222
"In the context of the arts and crafts, Rajasthan — abode of rajas — has been a land of great patronage. Its geographical location at the top western corner of India linked it by land to the Middle East and Europe, throwing it open to the Afghans, Turks, Persians, Mongols, Yavanas, Jats, White Huns & Scythians. As blood was mixed — first in war, then in peace — the cultures intermingled. New skills brought new palettes and textures.
Like Crafts of Gujarat, the first in the Living Traditions of India series, this book opens to the reader a luminous new world of arts and crafts. Written by scholars, it highlights the interrelatedness of the various crafts, in patterns, motifs and colours and traces how, in Rajasthan, most crafts developed to answer royal needs and demands, and not to fulfill rural needs as in other parts of the country. It is illustrated with many colour photographs of the people who use, wear, and make these crafts, and who have ensured that these traditions live."
CONTENTS:
Introduction 12
Aman Nath
Francis Wacziarg
Textiles 34
Chandramani Singh
Bunny Page
Weaving 60
Heer Singh Jasol
Ornamentation 74
Aman Nath
Jewellery 92
Gold: Sanjiv Kakar
Silver: Poppy Dandiya
Metalwork 114
Jyotindra Jain
Leather 130
Poonam Muttreja
Stonework 142
Jutta Jain-Neubauer
Painting 158
Miniature: Asok Das
Cloth: Amit Ambalal
Terracotta 176
Pramod Kumar
Jaipur Blue Pottery and Tilework 186
Aman Nath
Woodwork 206
Francis Wacziarg
Glossary 218
Bibliography 222