Employing rare archival data, back-room surveys, and exhaustive research, Fashioning a National Art discusses how Sayajirao Gaekwad III not only patronized the local arts of Baroda but also mediated a cross-cultural dialogue between the European and indigenous art techniques. This book also presents a rarely documented aspect of Sayajirao - as the lender of the royal collection to regional and international exhibitions and a global tastemaker. Besides tracing the history of elite patrons, famous artists, and European sculptors such as Augusto Felici and Derwent Wood, it also delves into the…mehr
Employing rare archival data, back-room surveys, and exhaustive research, Fashioning a National Art discusses how Sayajirao Gaekwad III not only patronized the local arts of Baroda but also mediated a cross-cultural dialogue between the European and indigenous art techniques. This book also presents a rarely documented aspect of Sayajirao - as the lender of the royal collection to regional and international exhibitions and a global tastemaker. Besides tracing the history of elite patrons, famous artists, and European sculptors such as Augusto Felici and Derwent Wood, it also delves into the stories of subalterns such as master ivory craftsman Neelakandan Asari, wood-worker Keshav Mistry, and others.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Priya Maholay-Jaradi is course convenor for Art History Minor and lecturer at the Department of History, National University of Singapore. She has authored Parsi Portraits from the Studio of Raja Ravi Varma (2011) and Baroda: A Cosmopolitan Provenance in Transition (2015).
Inhaltsangabe
* List of Photographs * Acknowledgements * List of Acronyms * List of Transliterations * Princely Baroda's Art and Craft Patronage: An Introduction * Chapter 1: Manoeuvring Baroda and the Nation in British India * Part I: English-Indian Ideas, Education, and a Cosmopolitan Lifestyle * Part II: A Continuum of Modern Experiments * Chapter 2: Collecting the High Arts * Part I: Collecting Oil Paintings * Part II: Collecting Salon Sculptures * Chapter 3: Courting Craft, Design, and Industry * Part I: Craftsmen at Polytechnics, Workshops, and Industry * Part II: Internationalizing Indian Design * Chapter 4: Inventorying Ideas and Objects * Part I: A 'Baroda Court' for a 'Baroda Provenance' * Part II: Returning to the Palace, the Prince, and His Ideas * Conclusion * Locating Cosmopolitanism, Modernity, and Nationalism * Appendix I * Biographies of Artists and Craftsmen Engaged with * Sayajirao's Collecting Practice * Appendix II * List of Award-winning Items Presented by Kalabhavan-Nazarpaga at Colonial Exhibitions * Appendix III * Baroda Craft Genres Documented in George Birdwood's * The Industrial Arts of India (1880) * Appendix IV * Baroda Genres and Craftsmen as Documented in George Watt's Catalogue of the Delhi Durbar Exhibition of 1902-3 * Glossary * Bibliography * Index * About the Author
* List of Photographs * Acknowledgements * List of Acronyms * List of Transliterations * Princely Baroda's Art and Craft Patronage: An Introduction * Chapter 1: Manoeuvring Baroda and the Nation in British India * Part I: English-Indian Ideas, Education, and a Cosmopolitan Lifestyle * Part II: A Continuum of Modern Experiments * Chapter 2: Collecting the High Arts * Part I: Collecting Oil Paintings * Part II: Collecting Salon Sculptures * Chapter 3: Courting Craft, Design, and Industry * Part I: Craftsmen at Polytechnics, Workshops, and Industry * Part II: Internationalizing Indian Design * Chapter 4: Inventorying Ideas and Objects * Part I: A 'Baroda Court' for a 'Baroda Provenance' * Part II: Returning to the Palace, the Prince, and His Ideas * Conclusion * Locating Cosmopolitanism, Modernity, and Nationalism * Appendix I * Biographies of Artists and Craftsmen Engaged with * Sayajirao's Collecting Practice * Appendix II * List of Award-winning Items Presented by Kalabhavan-Nazarpaga at Colonial Exhibitions * Appendix III * Baroda Craft Genres Documented in George Birdwood's * The Industrial Arts of India (1880) * Appendix IV * Baroda Genres and Craftsmen as Documented in George Watt's Catalogue of the Delhi Durbar Exhibition of 1902-3 * Glossary * Bibliography * Index * About the Author
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