Monday, March 2, 2020 10am to 11:30am
Edith O’Donnell Institute Seminar Room, ATC 2.800
Free EventMeet and greet/roundtable talk with Dr. Brijinder Nath (B.N.) Goswamy, the Crow Museum of Asian Art UT Dallas, and Edith O’Donnell Institute of Art History (EODIAH) Graduate Students and Faculty.
Dr. Goswamy is considered by many as one of the most prominent scholars of Indian miniature painting. He is known to have specialized knowledge of Pahari painting, a genre of traditional miniature painting originated in the hills of Punjab region. His 1968 article, Pahari Painting: The Family as the Basis of Style, is a study of this genre, where he is reported to have been successful in unearthing the genealogy of renowned miniaturists such as Pandit Seu, Nainsukh and Manaku. He published five books on this topic, Nainsukh of Guler: A Great Indian Painter from a Small Hill-State,Pahari Masters: Court Painters of Northern India, Painters at the Sikh Court, Essence of Indian Art and Masters of Indian Painting 1100-1900. Collaborating with Eberhard Fischer, the Padma Shri winning Swiss-based German art historian and the co-author of a few of his books, he has staged a series of shows, under the title, Wonder of the Age, in many parts of the world.
His work, The Spirit of Indian Painting: Close Encounters with 101 Great Works, 1100-1900 is a treatise on selected creations from Jain manuscripts to Indian miniatures. He has published 20 books to date, apart from several articles he has published in Indian and international journals and magazines. A Jainesque Sultanate Shahnama and the context of pre-Mughal painting in India, A Place Apart: Painting in Kutch, 1720-1820, Painted visions: The Goenka collection of Indian paintings, Ranga Roopa Gods, Words, Images, The Word is Sacred, Sacred is the Word: The Indian Manuscript Tradition,Domains of Wonder: Selected Masterworks of Indian Painting and I See No Stranger: Sikh Early Art and Devotion, are some of his other notable books. A Layered World is a 40,000-word audio-visual presentation prepared by Goswamy for Chandigarh Lalit Kala Akademi. He also writes a regular column in The Tribune, titled Art n Soul and delivers keynote addresses and lectures, in India and abroad.
For EODIAH faculty and students only.
Contact: Pierrette Lacour, pierret@utdallas.edu. Tel: 972-883-2475
Edith O’Donnell Institute Seminar Room, ATC 2.800 UT Dallas Campus
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