Speaking with pictures: folk art and the narrative tradition in India
Chatterji, Roma
Speaking with pictures: folk art and the narrative tradition in India - New Delhi Routledge 2012 - xxvi, 299p. Includes bibliography, glossary and index - Critical Asian studies .
This book explores visual narratives in folk art, particularly the scroll painting tradition of the patuas of West Bengal and the Pardhan-Gond style of Madhya Pradesh. It foregrounds folk art’s engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought.
9781138639843
Textual
Folk art India
Art and mythology
Graphic Novel
Speaking with pictures: folk art and the narrative tradition in India - New Delhi Routledge 2012 - xxvi, 299p. Includes bibliography, glossary and index - Critical Asian studies .
This book explores visual narratives in folk art, particularly the scroll painting tradition of the patuas of West Bengal and the Pardhan-Gond style of Madhya Pradesh. It foregrounds folk art’s engagement with modernity by re-looking at its figurative modes and the ways in which they are embedded in mythic thought.
9781138639843
Textual
Folk art India
Art and mythology
Graphic Novel