Indian Art History

Dhar, Parul Pandya [Hrsg.]:
Indian Art History : Changing Perspectives / ed. by Parul Pandya Dhar. - New Delhi : D. K. Printworld, 2011. - x, 280 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-81-246-0597-4
US$ 64,00 (D. K. Printworld)
US$ 90,00 (Bagchee)
DDC: 709.54

Beschreibung
The shaping of the disciplinary practice of art history in the Indian context has been a fascinating process and brings to the fore a range of viewpoints, issues, debates, and methods. Changing perspectives and approaches in academic writings on the visual arts of ancient and medieval India form the focus of this collection of insightful essays.
   A critical introduction to the historiography of Indian art sets the stage for and contextualizes the different scholarly contributions on the circumstances, individuals, initiatives, and methods that have determined the course of Indian art history from colonial times to the present. The spectrum of key art historical concerns addressed in this volume include studies in form, style, textual interpretations, iconography, symbolism, representation, connoisseurship, artists, patrons, gendered readings, and the inter-relationships of art history with archaeology, visual archives, and history.
   Based on the papers presented at a Seminar, "Historiography of Indian Art: Emergent Methodological Concerns," organized by the National Museum Institute, New Delhi, this book is enriched by the contributions of some scholars who have played a seminal role in establishing art history's disciplinary orientations in the Indian context, and by those who offer more recent perspectives on the subject. Lucid and informative, this is an indispensable resource for all those engaged with the history and historiography of ancient and medieval Indian art in universities and museums across the globe, and will also be of interest to the general reader. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeberin
PARUL PANDYA DHAR is Associate Professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Social Science, University of Delhi. Prior to this she was teaching Indian Art History at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi. Her research interests focus on the cultural history of ancient and medieval India and Southeast Asia. She has been awarded prestigious research fellowships and grants such as the Alexander von Humboldt (post-doctoral) research fellowship (Germany) and the Nehru Trust Research Grant (U.K.). She has contributed several research papers and has edited a book, Cultural Interface of India with Asia: Religion, Art & Architecture (2004). Profile page.

Quellen: D. K. Printworld; Vedams Books; Bagchee