[PDF] Designs And Motifs From India eBook

Author : Ajit Mookerjee
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 26,18 MB
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 0486319997

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Incredibly rich treasury of authentic royalty-free designs adapted from artifacts of the Harappa culture, coins and pottery from South India, Ajanta and Bagh murals, Muslim monuments, Buddhist temples, textiles from Gujarat, Punjab, other regions, masks and tribal arts, much more. Immediately usable material or great resource for design inspiration. Introduction. Notes.

Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 14,94 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486434036

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Incredibly rich treasury of more than 200 traditional designs, developed by Indian artists over thousands of years. Exquisite adaptations from authentic embroideries and fabrics, pottery, mosaics, illuminated manuscripts, and other sources. Striking, permission-free motifs can easily be adapted for use in textiles and wallpaper, in furniture design, and in a host of other projects.

Author : Henry Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 17,36 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0823025136

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More than three hundred full-color illustrations and photographs complement a fascinating look at the best of Indian interior design and decorative art, capturing the unique architectural details, innovative patterns and motifs, furniture, wall decorations, textiles, and colors of India.

Author : Marty Noble
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 15,26 MB
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486448150

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Intricate and inventive, these 30 full-page designs are drawn from the vibrant patterns that have adorned Indian clothing and decorative objects for centuries. Motifs include birds and animals, folkloric characters, abstract florals, paisley patterns, and other bold designs. Colorists of all ages will thrill to the challenge of bringing these black-and-white patterns to vivid life.

Author : Swapnaa Tamhane
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,9 MB
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780714870502

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An exploration of the timeless beauty of Indian design through 200 classic objects. The Indian subcontinent is an amalgamation of peoples, cultures, languages and philosophies. Throughout history Indian culture has been subject to myriad different influences, from the Mughal empire to the British Raj to the now globalized nation in transition. Similar to 'Wa: Essence of Japanese Design', this book will trace continuity through the history of Indian design from antiquity to the present day. The book explores the elements that make Indian design so special, including the varied manufacturing and decorating techniques of the country’s incredibly skilled craftsmen, highly specialized object designs that have been refined over centuries, and ongoing responses to nature, technology, and necessity. The objects were chosen for their enduring quality and beauty, and their integral connection to Indian culture. Rather than following a chronological order or concentrating on the (often anonymous) designers, this book separates the objects into abstract categories anchored by Hindi words chosen to illuminate how each object fits into the lives of Indians.

Author : R. M. Lehri
Publisher : Dover Publications
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 28,1 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486407067

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Over 200 striking, royalty-free designs depict abstract shell and heart-shaped motifs from Bengal, dancing stick figures from Maharashtra, simple geometric border patterns from Rajasthan, and much more.

Author : Saloni Mathur
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 32,24 MB
Release : 2007-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520941052

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India by Design: Colonial History and Cultural Display maps for the first time a series of historical events—from the Raj in the mid-nineteenth century up to the present day—through which India was made fashionable to Western audiences within the popular cultural arenas of the imperial metropole. Situated at the convergence of discussions in anthropology, art history, museum studies, and postcolonial criticism, this dynamic study investigates with vivid historical detail how Indian objects, bodies, images, and narratives circulated through metropolitan space and acquired meaning in an emergent nineteenth-century consumer economy. Through an examination of India as represented in department stores, museums, exhibitions, painting, and picture postcards of the era, the book carefully confronts the problems and politics of postcolonial display and offers an original and provocative account of the implications of colonial practices for visual production in our contemporary world.

Author : Amin Jaffer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,7 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Affluent consumers
ISBN : 9788174363725

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Based equally in the archives of firms such as Louis Vuitton, Boucheron, Chaumet and Hermès, and in palace and private collections, this book explores the role of maharajas in an age of high spending and fashion. It brings together original designs with surviving objects, exploring for the first time the creative dialogue between Indian princes and the skilled tradesmen who produced wonders for their delectation. Married to the objects themselves are the absorbing and often humourous accounts of how maharajas indulged their tastes with unparalleled extravagance and aplomb.