The Making of a Modern Indian Artist-Craftsman: Devi Prasad
Autor Naman P. Ahujaen Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 2010
This book examines his art along with his role in political activism which, although garnered on Indian soil made him crisscross national borders and assume an important role in the international arena of war resistance. Devi Prasad graduated from Tagore’s Santiniketan in 1944 when he joined the Hindustani Talimi Sangh (which promulgated Nayee Taleem) at Gandhi’s ashram Sevagram as Art ‘Teacher’. His political consciousness saw him participate actively in the Quit India Movement in 1942, in Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan and later from 1962 onward as Secretary General (later Chairman) of the War Resisters’ International, the oldest world pacifist organisation based in London. From there he was able to extend his Gandhian values internationally. All of this, while continuing with his life as a prolific artist. Rather than view them as separate worlds or professions, Devi harmonises them within an ethical and conscionable whole. He has written widely on the inextricable link between peace and creativity, on child /basic education, Gandhi and Tagore, on politics and art, in English, Hindi and Bangla. In 2007 he was awarded the Lalit Kala Akademi Ratna and in 2008, the Desikottama by Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780415602297
ISBN-10: 0415602297
Pagini: 317
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 mm
Greutate: 2.57 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Routledge
ISBN-10: 0415602297
Pagini: 317
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 mm
Greutate: 2.57 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Routledge
Cuprins
1. On the Exhibition’s design 2. Creating the Sensibility of the Modern Indian Artist-Craftsman: Santiniketan and the Arts and Crafts Movement 3. Making a Gandhian Utopia: Art, Design and Pedagogy at Sevagram 4. With an Essay: A Theory of Education for Peace Krishna Kumar 5. A Peaceful World is a Creative World: England and the War Resisters’ International 6. With an Essay: A Pacifist Experiment: Devi Prasad’s Years with WRI in London Bob Overy 7. Coming Full Circle. Appendices: Select Writings of Devi Prasad: On Art the Basis of Education, On a New Society, On Tagore’s Philosophy of Education, On Tagore and Education, On Gandhi’s Satyagraha, On Child Education, On Child Art, On Peace Education, On War Resistance, On the Indian Potter, On Peace, Education and Creativity. A Bibliography of Devi Prasad’s Writings. Select Bibliography. Index.
Notă biografică
Naman P. Ahuja is Associate Professor of Indian Art and Architecture, School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.