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Modernism and the art of Muslim South Asia / Iftikhar Dadi.

By: Series: Islamic civilization & Muslim networksPublication details: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages, [24] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780807895962
  • 0807895962
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Modernism and the art of Muslim South Asia.DDC classification:
  • 704/.0882970954 22
LOC classification:
  • N7300 .D33 2010eb
Other classification:
  • 20.44
  • 20.50
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction : Modernism in South Asian Muslim art -- Abdur Rahman Chughtai : Mughal aesthetic in the age of print -- Mid-century modernism : Zainul Abedin, Zubeida Agha, and Shakir Ali -- Sadequain and calligraphic modernism -- Emergence of the public self : Rasheed Araeen and Naiza Khan -- Epilogue : The realm of the contemporary.
Summary: "This pioneering work traces the emergence of the modern and contemporary art of Muslim South Asia in relation to transnational modernism and in light of the region's intellectual, cultural, and political developments. Dadi here explores the art and writings of major artists, men and women, ranging from the late colonial period to the era of independence and beyond, including Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Zainul Abedin, Shakir Ali, Zubeida Agha, Sadequain, Rasheed Araeen, and Naiza Khan. Dadi underscores the powerful impact of transnationalism during this period and highlights the artists' growing embrace of modernist and contemporary artistic practice in order to address the challenges of the present era"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index.

Introduction : Modernism in South Asian Muslim art -- Abdur Rahman Chughtai : Mughal aesthetic in the age of print -- Mid-century modernism : Zainul Abedin, Zubeida Agha, and Shakir Ali -- Sadequain and calligraphic modernism -- Emergence of the public self : Rasheed Araeen and Naiza Khan -- Epilogue : The realm of the contemporary.

"This pioneering work traces the emergence of the modern and contemporary art of Muslim South Asia in relation to transnational modernism and in light of the region's intellectual, cultural, and political developments. Dadi here explores the art and writings of major artists, men and women, ranging from the late colonial period to the era of independence and beyond, including Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Zainul Abedin, Shakir Ali, Zubeida Agha, Sadequain, Rasheed Araeen, and Naiza Khan. Dadi underscores the powerful impact of transnationalism during this period and highlights the artists' growing embrace of modernist and contemporary artistic practice in order to address the challenges of the present era"--Provided by publisher.

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