{"product_id":"an-approach-to-indian-art","title":"An Approach to Indian Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Nihar Ranjan Ray\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Panjab University\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1984\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 299\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): N\/A\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn approach to Indian Art derives its inspiration from the pioneering work of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, but draws considerably away from him in as much as it pleads more for a humanistic, social and formal (that is, aesthetic) approach to the study of Indian art than a purely religious, symbolical and intellectual one which still dominates such studies. The book argues that Indian art objects are not just illustrative materials of Indian religions, of religious myths, legends and symbols and the iconography of the goods and goddesses of various cults; positively speaking, these objects are valid and potent as objects of art itself and for their meaningful appeal to the human senses and the mind. They are indeed formal articulations of collectively felt experiences and are intended to generate in perceiving persons, certain moods, feelings and emotions, certain states of being and thus to help them widen and deepen their human experiences. It is argued further that these objects of art reflect social mores and moods, ideas and patterns of behaviour, etc., of given times and spaces as much as they do the various stages of the evolution of formal values and the techniques of making them the book underlines throughout the aesthetic, social and ethical, in a word, the human values of Indian art, values which have not been extended so far the attention they deserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER ONE\u003cbr\u003eProposition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TWO\u003cbr\u003eThe Place of Art in Life and Thought\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER THREE\u003cbr\u003eUse, Aim and Function of Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FOUR\u003cbr\u003eThe Nature and Essence of Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER FIVE\u003cbr\u003eContent, Form, Reality, Method and Meaning in Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SIX\u003cbr\u003eCertain Notions relating To Form and Style in Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER SEVEN\u003cbr\u003eArt, Morality, Religion and Society\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER EIGHT\u003cbr\u003eArt and Culture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER NINE\u003cbr\u003eEthnic Back ground of Indian Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER TEN\u003cbr\u003eSocial Base and Social Character of Indian Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Nihar Ranjan Ray \/ Panjab University \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153620005232,"sku":"12671","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/12671.jpg?v=1793911712","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/an-approach-to-indian-art","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}