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Himachal Pradesh has a unique and fascinating heritage of arts and culture, and abounds in priceless treasures of art, to which its wood-carved temples, wall-hangings, miniature paintings, sculptures in stone and metal etc. stand a testimony. What is unique about the arts and crafts of this region is that classical and folk traditions developed side by side and from time to time interacted upon and enriched one another. The crafts of this region have been ...
In spite of the wide popularity enjoyed by Hanuman, no scholar of Indian art thought of devoting his study to him. This task was accomplished by the father-daughter team K.C. Aryan and Subhashini Aryan over two decades ago. The first edition of the book Hanuman in Art and Mythology published in 1975 was an instant success, so widely acclaimed it was by the press (national and international) and the scholarly world alike all over the globe. Over the past twenty ...
The book is an autobiography of an eminent modern Indian painter who won numerous awards by institutions like Lalit kala Academy and Veteran Artist Award, Kala Vibhushan (AIFACS), etc. His main achievements through his life are also enumerated in the book in a lucid and interesting manner.
Love of decoration is proverbial in our vast country. It is so deeply embedded in Indian psyche that it found expression in everything. Since hoary antiquity, we Indians have been decorating our bodies, our garments, our homes, our ritualistic and utilitarian objects. This love for ornamentation to evolve such a bafflingly rich repertoire of decorative designs. Designs drawn from life and Nature around them. Simple foliage and flowers, birds and animals have been ...
The Aryan question has remained enmeshed and enveloped in layers and layers of controversial views. It is necessary to pierce through this artificial veil, full of illusions and giving rise to greater illusions. The team of two illustrious art historians K.C. Aryan and Subhashini Aryan, who have devoted several decades to this study, places the fruits of their research in the present volume. Their aim is to prove that the Aryans were originally Indian and they ...
K.C. Aryan's name needs no introduction to the realm of art the world over.
Internationally renowned as a master modern painter and sculptor, art historian, and a pioneer collector of folk and tribal arts, he was endowed by nature with exceptional talent, that is rarely to be met with. He had many firsts to his credit. Basically, he was a painter and remained one all his life. He was the first in India to introduce metal constructions and collages in 1958; for ...