Jangarh Kalam: Narrative of a Tradition - Gond Painting

Jangarh Kalam: Narrative of a Tradition - Gond Painting

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Udayan Vajpeyi and Vivek - A Publication of Tribal Department Madhya Pradesh

Format: Hardback

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This book, written by Udayan Vajpeyi and Vivek, delves into the traditional Gond painting. It is a publication of the Tribal Department of Madhya Pradesh. This book is a remarkable narrative of the old traditions renewing themselves An intricate pattern of story is woven in all its finery in this rendering It dwells in the past and the present predicaments are foregrounded. Udayan in dealing with the traditions of Pardhans evokes a world of lost dreams An elegy of the fast though it is not. The book gives rare insights to the whole and flows of changing patterns of living. A sense of loss permeates the whole narrative. Pardhans the balladeers of once might Gonds come alive in this book. Their stories give a rare glimpse of a universe sadly lost by us. A remarkable journey of a new form coming into existence is narrated with deep insight 'Jangarh Kalam', as the new idiom of Gond painting is known, is an extraordinary tale of traditions changing forms while retaing the essence. This book by Udayan Vajpeyee not only chronicles the emergence of Gond painting but also raises some deep and disturbing questions about modernity Axioms of civilization are critiqued in very sensitive language.



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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Udayan Vajpeyi and Vivek - A Publication of Tribal Department Madhya Pradesh

Format: Hardback

Remarks on Condition :


This book, written by Udayan Vajpeyi and Vivek, delves into the traditional Gond painting. It is a publication of the Tribal Department of Madhya Pradesh. This book is a remarkable narrative of the old traditions renewing themselves An intricate pattern of story is woven in all its finery in this rendering It dwells in the past and the present predicaments are foregrounded. Udayan in dealing with the traditions of Pardhans evokes a world of lost dreams An elegy of the fast though it is not. The book gives rare insights to the whole and flows of changing patterns of living. A sense of loss permeates the whole narrative. Pardhans the balladeers of once might Gonds come alive in this book. Their stories give a rare glimpse of a universe sadly lost by us. A remarkable journey of a new form coming into existence is narrated with deep insight 'Jangarh Kalam', as the new idiom of Gond painting is known, is an extraordinary tale of traditions changing forms while retaing the essence. This book by Udayan Vajpeyee not only chronicles the emergence of Gond painting but also raises some deep and disturbing questions about modernity Axioms of civilization are critiqued in very sensitive language.