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Indian Aesthetics...
Indian Aesthetics
Convergences and Divergences by: Priyadarshi Patnaik , Joy SenA collection of fifteen scholarly articles, this volume talks about the development of convergences and divergences in Indian aesthetics under two broad topics – Theoretical Explorations and Applications – be it cinema, dance, drama, music, literature or sculpture.
₹900.00
ISBN: 9788124611432
Year Of Publication: 2022
Edition: 1st
Pages : x, 259
Bibliographic Details : Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 530
A collection of fifteen scholarly articles, this volume focuses on the convergences and divergences which exist in Indian aesthetics, focusing both on Theoretical Explorations and their Applications. Indian aesthetics encompasses traditions and texts that focus on literary, visual, structural and performative productions of a wide range of art forms that delight, entertain, provoke their audience in ways that are relevant to the life. These art forms result in various responses such as delight, emotional relish, and enjoyment. In their convergence with other arts, different Indian art forms, be it cinema, dance, drama, music, literature or sculpture, have practised a “give and take” policy all through their history. Most of them are based on the rasa theory as the connecting thread. Talking about the divergences, the book details how different art forms emerged from a common root and shaped up as separate entities within the Indian framework, while embedding divergent viewpoints opening up the possibility of diverse views on the same concept. These developments also hold true for modern art forms like cinema. The volume provides illustrations taken from a wide range of art forms ancient and contemporary, talking about the diverse applications of Indian aesthetics across multiple art forms in recent times.
Preface
Introduction
Part I
Theoretical Explorations
1. Indian Aesthetics: Divergence and Convergence Possibilities, Scope and Limits
— Ananta Charan Sukla
2. Art and Aesthetics: A Few Philosophical Reflections
— P.K. Mukhopadhyay
3. Literary Theories in Sanskrit: Basic Concepts and Interrelations
— Radhavallabh Tripathi
4. Indian Aesthetics and Art: A Conceptual Overview
— Ranjan K. Ghosh
5. Indian Music: An Introduction
— Bharat Gupt
6. Origin of Rasa: A Philosophical Appraisal
— Subhash Phogat
7. Ontological Analysis of Nāṭya
— Sonal Nimbkar and Navjyoti Singh
Part II
Applications
8. The Indian New Wave Cinema: A Methodological
“Convergence” towards a New Cognitive “Divergence”
— Deb Kamal Ganguly
9. Idealism in Indian Aesthetics: A Short Note on Two Early Twentieth Century Thinkers
— Joydeep Dutta
10. From Seventh Art to Post-Aesthetics: Bollywood and the Demise of the Aesthetics of the Auteur
— Anindya S. Purakayastha
11. The Shelleyan Aesthetic: An Indian Perspective
— P.G. Rama Rao
12. Futuristic Humane Habitation Culture and Rabindranath Tagore
— Arunendu Banerjee
13. Abanindranath Thakur: The Contemporary Fountainhead of Indian Aesthetics
— Joy Sen
14. Multimodality, Translation and Transformation in Rāgamālā Paintings: An Exploration of Interrelationships through the Notion of Iconicity
— Priyadarshi Patnaik
15. From Imitation to Ingenuity: Bengali Theatre from 1795–1857
— Ujjwal Jana
Contributors
Index
“Indian Aesthetics”
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