The Arts of India — G. C. M. Birdwood

A detailed study of India’s artistic and craft traditions by G. C. M. Birdwood. The book examines the Hindu pantheon and its influence on Indian visual culture before surveying the country’s traditional handicrafts, including metalwork, jewelry, textiles, furniture, decorative objects and other forms of applied art.

Originally written during the nineteenth century in connection with the collections of the India Museum at South Kensington, the work is both a study of Indian decorative arts and a historical record of how Indian craftsmanship was documented during the colonial period.

This Rupa paperback edition will be useful to readers and researchers interested in Indian art history, traditional crafts, Hindu iconography, museum history and colonial-era scholarship on India.

Author: G. C. M. Birdwood  
Publisher: Rupa & Co.  
Format: Paperback  
Impression: Fourth impression, 1994  
Pages: 344  
Language: English  
ISBN: None stated

Condition

This is an unused copy from older India Club inventory. The front cover has a small tear along the edge from prolonged storage; otherwise, the binding and interior pages are intact.