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Author Dadi, Iftikhar, author

Title Modernism and the art of Muslim South Asia / Iftikhar Dadi
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 312 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color)
Series Islamic civilization & Muslim networks
Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-293) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Art, South Asian -- 20th century
Islamic art -- South Asia
Modernism (Aesthetics) -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century
Transnationalism.
Art and society -- South Asia -- History -- 20th century
ART -- Subjects & Themes -- General.
Art and society
Art, South Asian
Islamic art
Modernism (Aesthetics)
Transnationalism
South Asia
Zuid-Azië.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807895962
0807895962