{"product_id":"conversations-indias-leading-art-historian-engages-with-101-themes-and-more-hardcover","title":"Conversations: India's Leading Art Historian Engages with 101 Themes, and More - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eB. Goswamy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'A brilliant compilation ...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Essential reading.'\u003c\/i\u003e ---William Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A string of gems'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e---\u003cb\u003eMaria Aurora Couto\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Insightful, witty, uplifting'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e---\u003cb\u003eEberhard Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e B.N. Goswamy, one of the most eminent art historians of our times, opens a window to a wide range of subjects: all on or around the arts, which have immense potential to form aesthetic sensibility. From Ananda Coomaraswamy to the Art of Calligraphy, The Meaning of Silence to Farid-ud-din Attar's great Sufi parable of the Conference of the Birds, among others, Goswamy invites the general, but generally interested and literate, readers to enter, through these pieces, the field of the arts and savor its pleasures: to take from them what they can, learn something fresh--or view with freshness\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand expand their minds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Definitive, engaging, and comprehensive, \u003ci\u003eConversations \u003c\/i\u003epromises to be a truly accessible primer on art in India and South Asia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eB.N. Goswamy\u003c\/b\u003e, distinguished art historian, is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Panjab University, Chandigarh. He has been the recipient of many honors, including the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship, the Rietberg Award for Outstanding Research in Art History, the JDR III Fellowship, the Mellon Senior Fellowship and, from the President of India, the Padma Shri (1998) and the Padma Bhushan (2008). Apart from the Panjab University, Professor Goswamy has taught, as Visiting Professor, at major universities across the world, including Heidelberg, Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Los Angeles, Austin and Zurich. He has been responsible for significant exhibitions of Indian art at international venues, including Paris, San Francisco, Zurich, New Delhi, San Diego and New York. He is the author of over 25 books on Indian art and culture, including \u003ci\u003eDomains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpirit of\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 556\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766089416992,"sku":"9780670095117","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ddf330fe15f96e50649da2913dcd5b6.webp?v=1780285174","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/conversations-indias-leading-art-historian-engages-with-101-themes-and-more-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}