India Modern: Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design
India Modern is a visually stunning compilation of modern Indian design and architecture. This beautiful book examines contemporary sub-continental design and craft, to identify it within the context of native traditions and history. It explores the vast range of roots and themes from village societies to Mogul palaces, to illustrate how traditional forms and methods are reinvigorated in contemporary arts. Herbert Ypma travelled across India to bring together this array of astonishing images of buildings, textiles, ceramics and people. Together with a perceptive text on a variety of subjects - from the use of colour to traditional methods of hand-looming ikat cloth - the images provide an insight into the emergence of an exciting aesthetic that combines traditional forms and contemporary designs.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:071483646X
ISBN13:9780714836461
Release Date:April 1997
Publisher:Phaidon Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:3.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 9.9" x 11.5"
Age Range:13 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 8 to Postsecondary
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Amazing Pictures
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Amazing pictures of contemporary India. It represents truly what India is...a unique mixture of the modern intersped with the traditional. The architecture represented within is the best of a vernacular response to westernization. Suggested is reading on each of the topics touched topically. Also suggested is getting the "smaller" version of the book...; with cuter images and the classic pocketbook appearence. This one is just a bigger copy of the other. Personally these are the best images of India I can come across and all my office collegues are amazed by them.
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