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India : a story through 100 objects
- Title
- India : a story through 100 objects / Vidya Dehejia.
- Author
- Dehejia, Vidya
- Publication
- New Delhi, India : Lustre Press/Roli books, [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- 279 pages : illustrations (colour); 27 cm
- Summary
- We are constantly surrounded by objects, by 'things' that channel and dictate our everyday life, 'things' that we take for granted. But these objects speak to us, and speak about us. They have a story to tell that reflects our values and aspirations, our achievements and dreams, and reveal more about us than we realise! This richly illustrated book focuses on 100 objects to tell a story of India that unravels in a series of thematic sections that allow the objects to take centre-stage. The stories that some objects tell will be new to readers; at other times, the objects themselves may be familiar but the story they tell may not be obvious. The 100 objects shed light on the varying priorities and the differing strands of achievement that arose over time to create the rich multi-cultural medley that is today's India.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309)
- Contents
- What's in a name -- Into history -- Idealized body, human and divine -- Urge to adorn -- Inter-cultural encounters -- Written word -- Scientific insights -- Rise of temple culture -- Kingship and courtly culture -- Indian Ocean networks -- Art of the illustrated book -- Art of contest -- Connoisseurship, luxury and brilliance -- Mobility and cosmopolitanism -- Sensorium -- Mapping place and space -- India through British eyes -- Deshi expressions, deep traditions -- Ideals of womanhood -- Early twentieth century -- Into the present.
- ISBN
- 9788194969174
- 8194969174
- LCCN
- 2020335614
- OCLC
- on1256402648
- SCSB-14519892
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library