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Raja Ravi Varma : painter of colonial India
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Raja Ravi Varma : painter of colonial India

Author: Rupika Chawla
Publisher: Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Pub. ; Easthampton, MA : Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, 2010.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Study on the life and works of Ravi Varma, 1848-1906, famous painter from Kerala, India.
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Named Person: Ravi Varma
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Rupika Chawla
ISBN: 8189995081 9788189995089 0944142419 9780944142417
OCLC Number: 560008622
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the United States of America by Grantha Corporation ... Ocean Township, NJ"--T.p. verso.
Description: 360 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 30 cm.
Contents: "The First Octet; Rain, Maps; Languor, Wet Rain, Rain; Fern Frost; Air-Conditioner, Rain; Heavy Metal; Monsoon Greens; Bengal Rain; The Second Octet; Rain Charm; Raining Rain; Night Rain; Longing, Rain; Shower, Wake; Rain, Desire; Want, Eager; Offering, Fluid; The Only Sestet; Morning, Rain; Rain, Kiss; Release, Rain; Drizzle, Climax; Drought, Cloud; Knowledge, Need."
Responsibility: Rupika Chawla.

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An account of painter Ravi Varma's traditional background and environment and how they related to the modernization of colonial India, as well as his profession as an aristocratic itinerant painter.  Read more...

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"Rupika Chawla's lavishly produced book is not a heavy academic tome. In style and substance, it is hugely engaging, carrying its scholarship with a remarkable lightness of grace. -- India Today "... Read more...

 
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