The Indian CraftsmanDescription: The author has treated his subject from three points of view; the village, the town and the palace or temple, i.e. where the craftsman lived, worked and had their patrons. He has also minutely examined how the caste system, religion and the guild set up standards of quality and enforced their strict adherence. He has devoted an entire chapter to throw light on the system of education and training that ensure and regulated the right number of craftsmen for every craft at a particular period so that at no period there was neither a surplus nor a deficit of craftsmen. Ten appendices add further information from different angels. This book is indeed a welcome resurection at this particular time; for the traditional craftsmen are disappearing. The philosophy that sustained them through vicissitudes seems no longer valid. All those who have a love for Indian crafts and who want to either practise or preserve them will find this an excellent book. |
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... century , AD ) : " From every country were sum- moned companies of skilled artists ... Carpenters , presented with white flowers , unguents , and clothes , planned out the marriage altar . Workmen mounted on ladders , with brushes ...
... century , AD ) : " From every country were sum- moned companies of skilled artists ... Carpenters , presented with white flowers , unguents , and clothes , planned out the marriage altar . Workmen mounted on ladders , with brushes ...
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... century that they " entertain a large number of excellent master - workmen , who have a salary and daily rations for all their lives , and are provided with all the materials for their work . They receive a present and an increase of ...
... century that they " entertain a large number of excellent master - workmen , who have a salary and daily rations for all their lives , and are provided with all the materials for their work . They receive a present and an increase of ...
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... century BC , that when setting about the building of a great monastery called the Brazen Palace , that : " The generous Raja , at the very beginning of the undertak- ing , laid down eight hundred thousand pieces of money at each of the ...
... century BC , that when setting about the building of a great monastery called the Brazen Palace , that : " The generous Raja , at the very beginning of the undertak- ing , laid down eight hundred thousand pieces of money at each of the ...
Contents
THE VILLAGE CRAFTSMAN | 1 |
THE CRAFT GUILDS OF THE GREAT CITIES | 5 |
THE FEUDAL CRAFTSMAN IN INDIA AND CEYLON | 14 |
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The Indian Craftsman: With a Short Biography and Tributes Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy No preview available - 2018 |
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Ahmedabad Ananda ancient art and craft artisans artist Arts of India beautiful blacksmith Brahmans Buddha Buddhist builders building carpenter caste century ceremony Ceylon cloth colour competition Coomaraswamy Craft Guilds craftsmanship craftsmen cultivated culture decorated departmental Disava district duties E.B. Havell European festival five give gold goldsmiths granted handicraft hereditary Hindu honour important Indian Art Indian craftsman Industrial Arts inscription interesting Jataka jewellery kammalar Kandy Kandyan king's kiriya of land Kosala Kottal-badde labour Lafcadio Hearn lamp living Mahavamsa manors Maratha master mediaeval merchant Mitrananda modern one's organisation ornament painter painting palace Pataliputra patron payment person piece plaster potters practice present pupil Raja Ramayana received regulation relation religious royal armoury Sanskrit servants share Sinhala Sinhalese Sir George Birdwood skill Smith social society Sopara Sultan supply tamarind seed temple tenant things tion trade guilds traditional vihara village community wages washerman workshop