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 The philosophy that sustained them through vicissitudes seems no longer valid.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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Page 47
... skill of ages , but as originating in the divine skill of Visvakarma , and revealed by him . Beauty , rhythm , propor- tion , idea have an absolute existence on an ideal plane , where all who seek may find . The reality of things exists ...
... skill of ages , but as originating in the divine skill of Visvakarma , and revealed by him . Beauty , rhythm , propor- tion , idea have an absolute existence on an ideal plane , where all who seek may find . The reality of things exists ...
Page 54
... skill of the " hereditary craftsman " depends upon the direct inheritance of his father's individual skill . But this skill is an acquired character , and it is almost universally agreed by scientists that there is no such thing as the ...
... skill of the " hereditary craftsman " depends upon the direct inheritance of his father's individual skill . But this skill is an acquired character , and it is almost universally agreed by scientists that there is no such thing as the ...
Page 70
... skill and individuality the training of countless generations has developed to the highest perfection , these hereditary handicraftsmen are being everywhere gathered from their democratic village communities in hundreds and thousands ...
... skill and individuality the training of countless generations has developed to the highest perfection , these hereditary handicraftsmen are being everywhere gathered from their democratic village communities in hundreds and thousands ...
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