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Published by D.K. Print World Ltd, 2024
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- Title
- Classical Indian Dance in Literature and the Arts
- Author
- Vatsyayan, Kapila (Author)
- Publisher
- D.K. Print World Ltd
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 8124611440
- ISBN 13
- 9788124611449
- Item weight
- 1.43 kilograms
This volume is the result of many years of painstaking research in a field, which had been neglected by art historians, and thus presenting an idealistic view of the whole tradition of Indian art and aesthetics. This definitive work on the inherent interrelationship of the Indian arts is a path-breaking endeavour, treading into a domain which no one had explored. For that to happen, the author has delved deep into enormous mass of literature on the subject and has also surveyed the portrayal of dance figures in ancient temples. With Dr Kapila Vatsyayan’s profound knowledge of various dance forms as a performing artist of her own standing and having studied the sculptures and artefacts minutely, the book emerges so scholarly emanating the wisdom and know-how of a persona, endowed with the unique combination of a researcher, an art historian and an aesthetician par excellence. The book vividly presents, analyses and critiques the varied facets of Indian aesthetics, especially the theory and technique of classical Indian dance, while doing a penetrating study of interrelationship that dancing has with literature, sculpture and music. In doing so, it surveys and analyses the contribution of great Sanskrit authors, theoreticians, playwrights of ancient and classical India such as Bharata, Bhāsa, Kālidāsa, Śūdraka, Bhavabhūti, Abhinavagupta, Jayadeva and many more along with numerous Bhāṣā scholars of arts, aesthetics and literature, covering each and every nook and corner of the Indian subcontinent.
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About the Author
Dr Kapila Vatsyayan (1928–2020), Was A Foremost Art Historian, An Eminent Philosopher Of Modern India, An Aesthetician Par Excellence, Educationalist, A Parliamentarian, Policy-maker And A Prolific Writer. She Played A Lead Role In Founding The Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (Ignca) And Served It As Director. A Multi-faceted Personality, Dr Vatsyayan Taught At The University Of Delhi.
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