Surabhi Sharman
The Hindu temple is a culmination of various architectural and design elements that come together to form a composite whole and as the temples evolved from a single-celled, flat-roofed structure to a more elaborate building, many new elements were added. The module investigates the decorative…
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Sweta Dutta
History writing, as historians themselves assert, is premised on the present. The past becomes meaningful and usable when it is channelised by the contemporary desires of individuals and communities. How should we try to bridge the seemingly disparate spheres of professional and public knowledge…
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Swiss artist Alice Boner (July 22, 1889 – April 13, 1981) was an Indologist, sculptor and painter who collaborated and was friends with many Indian artists, such as the dancers Uday Shankar and Shanta Rao. Boner settled in India in 1935, the start of a lifetime of study of Indian art in its formal…
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Urmimala Sarkar Munsi
Alice Boner (1889–1981) a Swiss artist—surprisingly little known—spent her life in 20th-century India and received the Padma Bhushan from the President of India in 1974. Her paintings and sculptures were much appreciated throughout her lifetime and she was awarded an honorary doctorate by the…
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
Born in 1933 at Madurai, Tamilnadu, S. Murugesan is a contemporary sculptor and painter living in Chennai. Murugesan graduated from the then School of Arts & Crafts, Madras in 1956 and joined the same college as a faculty member in 1958. In 1988–89 Murugesan received the national award for…
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
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M.D. Muthukumaraswamy
This module is about the works of modern artist and sculptor P.S. Nandhan. Born in 1940 in Madhuranthakam, a small village in Tamil Nadu, Nandhan became a life member of Cholamandal Artists Village in 1965. He earned his diploma in painting and completed the advanced course from the then Madras…
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