The Last Harvest: Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore - Hardcover

The Last Harvest : Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore

23 b/w photos, 214 col. figs (illustrator). Contents The last harvest curator?s noteR Siva Kumar I Essays 1 Rabindranath Tagore A biographical stetchUma Das Gupta 2 Rabindranath Tagore?s Santiniketan Where life and art meetKathleen O?Connell 3 Rabindranath Tagore?s first ever exhibition in ParisFrance Bhattacharya 4 Rabindranath Tagore?s paintings in GermanyMartin Kampchen 5 Stella Kramrisch and the Bauhaus in CalcuttaKris K Manjapra 6 Tagore?s sense of RhythmWillaim Radice 7 Rabindrasangeet Rabindranath Tagore?s musical legacyLars-Christian Koch 8 Rabindranath Tagore as a painter and catalyst of modern Indian artR Siva Kumar 9 Engagement with modernity Paintings of Rabindranath Tagore in the NGMARajeev Lochan II Catalogue of paintings 1 Animals designs composites 2 Landscapes and flowers 3 Gesticulating figures and dramatic scenes 4 Faces 5 Exhibition creditsRabindranath Tagore 1861-1941 is one of India?s best known cultural icons He was an influential national figure of India whose genius has transcended boundaries Besides being a poet he was a novelist a writer of short stories and plays a composer of songs an essayist and a philosopher Painting was the last art form to enter his rich creative lifeThis publication is produced in conjunction with three travelling exhibitions of Rabindranath Tagore?s paintings organized as part of India?s National Commemoration of 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore by the Ministry of Culture Government of IndiaSince the whirlwind 10-city international show that the poet-painter had undertaken in 1930 this is the first time that such a large body of Rabindranath?s work is travelling internationally In mid-20th century Rabindranath was the first Indian artist to be extensively exhibited in the West The current exhibitions will travel in three parts simultaneously to a total of eight cities across the worldThe contributors to this companion publication include two of the best-known translators of his works his biographer and specialists in music art and education Along with over 200 works by Rabindranath this unique volume brings together essays by leading scholars from around the world which lend insight into Rabindranath Tagore as a painter as well as locate his paintings within the larger framework of his multifaceted creative work 240 pp. Artikel-Nr. 98741

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