Recently added articles from Marg, A Magazine of the Arts:
Momentous anniversaries.(From the General Editor's Desk)(birth anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin)(Editorial)
Jun 01, 2009; Pal, Pratapaditya ... 2009 is turning out to be a remarkable year for anniversaries. It began in January with bell-ringing at Cambridge (UK) to celebrate the 800th year of the University's foundation by a bunch of renegade Oxonians, about which more later. On February 12 Americans observed the 200th ...
The Kashmir shawl in the Mughal period.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Rizvi, Janet ... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] In 1544 Shah Tahmasp I, king of Iran, issued an edict detailing the supplies to be provided to the exiled Mughal emperor, Humayun. Among the textiles listed are shal-e-termeh and shal-e-Kashmir. (1) The reference to shal-e-Kashmir may plausibly be taken as an ...
Travelling with the Mughals: a survey of the Agra-Lahore highway.(Report)
Jun 01, 2009; Parihar, Subhash ... [FIGURE 1 OMITTED] The Mughal highway from Agra to Lahore earned the appreciation of most 17th-century European travellers who used the route. The British traveller Thomas Coryat described the route (1612-17) as the most incomparable road his eyes ever surveyed. (1) For Thomas ...
Vande Mataram.(Sound recording review)
Jun 01, 2009; Pal, Pratapaditya ... Audio CD with accompanying monograph in Bengali/Hindi/English. Bankim Bhavan Gaveshana Kendra, Kantalpara, Naihati, North 24 Pargana, West Bengal. Rs 50.00. Vande Mataram [I salute you, Mother], our national song, composed by the famous Bengali novelist Bankimchandra ...
Photo essay: Ahmedabad.(Heritage Walk in Ahmedabad, India)
Jun 01, 2009; Ghosh, Ayan ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During my days in Ahmedabad, I was fascinated by the old city. Its unique beauty lies not just in the historic monuments but in the lives of the people there. To give visitors a peek into this hidden world, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation along with ...
Exhibition review: Art Dubai.
Jun 01, 2009; Gordon, Sophie ... In March 2009, artists, curators, and critics from across the world gathered in Dubai to participate in the annual contemporary art fair, now known as Art Dubai (March 18-21). The fair, which was established in 2007, was the central event in an impressive series of programmes, exhibitions, ...
Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; Shah, Shilpa ... Chintz: Indian Textiles for the West, by Rosemary Crill. V&A Publishing, London in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 2008. 144 pages, 160 colour illustrations, 1 map. Price not mentioned. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] We no longer need to make a trip to the V&A ...
Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts in The Raza Library, Rampur.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; Das, Asok Kumar ... Mughal and Persian Paintings and Illustrated Manuscripts in The Raza Library, Rampur, by Barbara Schmitz and Ziyaud-Din A. Desai. IGNCA, New Delhi, Raza Library, Rampur, and Aryan Books International, New Delhi, 2006. xxxvi + 242 pages, 330 colour illustrations. Rs 4000. ...
Eloquent Earth: Early Terracottas in the State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; Chakrabarti, Dilip K. ... Eloquent Earth: Early Terracottas in the State Archaeological Museum, West Bengal, by Gantam Sengupta, Sima Roy Chowdhury, and Sharmi Chakraborty. Photographs by Siharan Nandy. Directorate of Archaeology and Museums, Government of West Bengal in collaboration with Centre for Archaeological ...
Indian Temple Sculpture.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; Das, Asok Kumar ... Indian Temple Sculpture, by John Guy. V&_A Publications, London, 2007. 192 pages, 50 black-and-white and 150 colour plates. US$ 65. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Victoria and Albert Museum, London has a limited but fairly representative and valuable collection of ...
Landscapes in India: Forms and Meanings.(Book review)
Jun 01, 2009; Mehta, Kaiwan ... Landscapes in India: Forms and Meanings, by Amita Sinha. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 2006. 232 pages, 77 colour and 18 black-and-white photographs, 18 black-and-white illustrations. US$ 55. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Landscape has always been looked ...
