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Roopasar-Rasasar Wall Paintings from Rajasthan A Legendary Culture Dr R A  Agarwal A Journey Within

Roopasar-Rasasar Wall Paintings from Rajasthan A Legendary Culture Dr R A Agarwal A Journey Within

$140.00
Author:Dr R Agarwal and Ram V Sutar
ISBN 13:9789392556050
Binding:Hardbound
Language:English
Year:2023
Subject:Art and Archaeology/Painting and Sculpture

About the Book

The present publication has two parts: Part-I is dedicated to the life-story of Dr. R.A. Agarwal, under the title ‘Dr. R.A. Agarwal: A Journey Within’ contributed by renowned sculptor Ram V. Sutar Ji. Dr. Agarwal is relly a reputed scholar and has got published several outstanding works on Rajasthani and Central Indian Wall Paintings. Also, he, as being a wellknown artist, has showcased his works in reputed galleries of the country. His reputation among art-hisorians, artists and university scholars has always been very high. Thus, his all painstaking works have made him a Magnum-opus. Later, on being known that Dr. Agarwal is in the close contact of world-renowned Sculptor, Shri Ram V. Sutar Ji - an Awardee of Padma Bhusan by the President of India, so as publishers we got interested to approach Shri Sutar Ji to getwritten the Life-Journey of Dr. Agarwal by him. On our insistence, Shri Sutarji very generously agreed to pen down his life story courteously, for which we are beholden to him very much. This benign contribution by him has been added in this book as Part-I. Part-II contains a unique story of the Legendary Culture of Wall Paintings from Rajasthan. Dr. R.A. Agarwal, the author of part-IIof this book, has observed the painted walls very cautiously during his long and tiring sojourns in the past several decades across the whole of Rajasthan. The walls of magnifi cent palaces, havelīs, temples and cenotaphs (chhatrīs) in its different principalities are embellished with a variety of themes done mostly between early 17th and late 19th centuries. Dr. Agarwal has studied very keenly the technique of their execution and the style as well. These phases of wall paintings have seldom been examined together in such a comprehensive way. Dr. Agarwal did it through the present work entitled WALL PAINTINGS FROM RAJASTHAN: A LEGENDARY CULTURE. Dr. Agarwal, further, has enhanced the value of this monograph by adding some appropriate illustrations to give the reader a fascinating insight into the respective periods of their execution. About the Author: PADMA BHUSHAN by the President of India. President: All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi. Earned diploma in Sculpture with Gold Medal from Sir J.J. School of Art, Bombay in 1952. Did restoration work at Ellora. Executed more than 300 Monumental Sculptures of National Heroes installed in India and foreign countries. His most notable works are: One symbolic 45 feet high Sculpture of Chambal River as Mother-Goddess with M.P. & Rajasthan states depicted as Her sons at Gandhi Sagar Dam in M.P. A 35 feet high bronze statue of Krishna and Arjuna on a Chariot in Kurukshetra War installed on the central platform in Brahma Sarovar, Kurukshetra, (Haryana) and World's tallest statue (597 feet high) of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Statue of Unity) in Narmada Valley facing Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat. Presently in Hand: One more tallest statue of Shri Rama to be installed in Ayodhya.