The Aesthetics and Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha (Bangladesh National Museum Collection)
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The aesthetics & vocabulary of nakshi kantha: Bangladesh National Museum collection (1997)
EN HC NWISBN: 9789845850001 bzw. 9845850006, in Englisch, 101 Seiten, The Museum, gebundenes Buch, neu.
Lieferung aus: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Usually ships in 1-2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Rubi Enterprise.
Language: English Pages: 116 (Throughout Color Illustrations) About the Book Perveen Ahmad's "Aesthetics and Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha" is not only an enlightening and in depth view of the Bangladesh National Museum's Collection of 'embroidered quilts', but gives a new analytical insight into the artistic aspects and meaning of motifs in kantha art. In words and pictures she guides the reader to look at a selected number of some of the best kanthas in the Museum. In her presentation the author has exposed new angles of interpretation by investigating the social, religious and political backdrop which brought about the unique art form. She points to sources and explains how at a particular historical time, in particular circumstances and as a result of human conditions both sociological and political, various processes came to bear upon the evolution of the folk art-craft of nakshi kantha. Her discovery of religious streams of thought in the motifs, giving rise to prime information on roots of the symbols, create a fascinating and novel theory. She states that kantha art goes beyond the realm of logic and training and possesses a numinous power, a shakti which is inspired through a divine gift. Kantha art is not just skilfull embroidery. It is a vocabulary, a means of communication, inviting us to 'read' the aesthetics of design, motif and symbol, to understand the inner reality of the society as it existed at a given time. The evolution of kantha art, as it received the inf, Hardcover, Label: The Museum, The Museum, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1997, Studio: The Museum, Verkaufsrang: 14956768.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Rubi Enterprise.
Language: English Pages: 116 (Throughout Color Illustrations) About the Book Perveen Ahmad's "Aesthetics and Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha" is not only an enlightening and in depth view of the Bangladesh National Museum's Collection of 'embroidered quilts', but gives a new analytical insight into the artistic aspects and meaning of motifs in kantha art. In words and pictures she guides the reader to look at a selected number of some of the best kanthas in the Museum. In her presentation the author has exposed new angles of interpretation by investigating the social, religious and political backdrop which brought about the unique art form. She points to sources and explains how at a particular historical time, in particular circumstances and as a result of human conditions both sociological and political, various processes came to bear upon the evolution of the folk art-craft of nakshi kantha. Her discovery of religious streams of thought in the motifs, giving rise to prime information on roots of the symbols, create a fascinating and novel theory. She states that kantha art goes beyond the realm of logic and training and possesses a numinous power, a shakti which is inspired through a divine gift. Kantha art is not just skilfull embroidery. It is a vocabulary, a means of communication, inviting us to 'read' the aesthetics of design, motif and symbol, to understand the inner reality of the society as it existed at a given time. The evolution of kantha art, as it received the inf, Hardcover, Label: The Museum, The Museum, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 1997, Studio: The Museum, Verkaufsrang: 14956768.
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The aesthetics & vocabulary of nakshi kantha: Bangladesh National Museum collection (1997)
EN PB NW FEISBN: 9789845850001 bzw. 9845850006, in Englisch, The Museum, Taschenbuch, neu, Erstausgabe.
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The Aesthetics and Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha (Bangladesh National Museum Collection) (1997)
EN USISBN: 9789845850001 bzw. 9845850006, in Englisch, The Museum, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Italien, Generalmente spedito in 1-2 giorni lavorativi.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, BooksPlus Italy.
Copertina rigida, Label: The Museum, The Museum, Produktgruppe: Libro, Publiziert: 1997, Studio: The Museum.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, BooksPlus Italy.
Copertina rigida, Label: The Museum, The Museum, Produktgruppe: Libro, Publiziert: 1997, Studio: The Museum.
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The Aesthetics and Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha (Bangladesh National Museum Collection) (1997)
EN NWISBN: 9789845850001 bzw. 9845850006, in Englisch, The Museum, neu.
Lieferung aus: Italien, Generalmente spedito in 1-2 giorni lavorativi.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hinoyama#EU.
Copertina rigida, Label: The Museum, The Museum, Produktgruppe: Libro, Publiziert: 1997, Studio: The Museum.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hinoyama#EU.
Copertina rigida, Label: The Museum, The Museum, Produktgruppe: Libro, Publiziert: 1997, Studio: The Museum.
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The Aesthetics & Vocabulary of Nakshi Kantha (Bangladesh National Museum Collection)
EN HC USISBN: 9789845850001 bzw. 9845850006, in Englisch, gebundenes Buch, gebraucht.
Lieferung aus: Kanada, Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Phatpocket Bookstore.
Hardcover, Produktgruppe: Book.
Von Händler/Antiquariat, The Phatpocket Bookstore.
Hardcover, Produktgruppe: Book.
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