The genius of Indian art.
The Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 26502 |
| Format | 15 x 21.5 |
| Détails | 372 p., numerous color illustrations, paperback with flaps. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251454177 |
When faced with the artistic productions of the Indian world, Western viewers often hesitate between fascination and incomprehension. Confused by an iconography that escapes them and a feeling of exuberance, they feel they lack the necessary codes to appreciate it. The objective of this book is to provide reading keys to facilitate the overall understanding of this iconographic and architectural production.
With its 150 color illustrations and numerous cited textual sources, Vincent Lefèvre's book allows us to enter the heart of the genius of Indian art, to understand how it is conceived, produced, and apprehended, to analyze its relationships with artistic productions from other regions of the world, and to describe its achievements. Throughout the pages, an art emerges that is not explicit but suggestive, which constantly summons the viewer's imagination.
When faced with the artistic productions of the Indian world, Western viewers often hesitate between fascination and incomprehension. Confused by an iconography that escapes them and a feeling of exuberance, they feel they lack the necessary codes to appreciate it. The objective of this book is to provide reading keys to facilitate the overall understanding of this iconographic and architectural production.
With its 150 color illustrations and numerous cited textual sources, Vincent Lefèvre's book allows us to enter the heart of the genius of Indian art, to understand how it is conceived, produced, and apprehended, to analyze its relationships with artistic productions from other regions of the world, and to describe its achievements. Throughout the pages, an art emerges that is not explicit but suggestive, which constantly summons the viewer's imagination.