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Chitra-pothi: Illustrated Palm-leaf Manuscripts from Orissa

by J.P. Das
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9788189738068
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Fine Arts
  • Publisher: Niyogi Books
  • Publisher Imprint: NiyogiBook
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 128
  • Original Price: INR 950.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 500 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Asian / General

A little-known art form of Orissa is illustration on palm-leaf, which flourished along with the Orissan tradition of copying kavya texts on palm-leaf manuscripts and illuminating them. This art form touched its zenith during the 18th century when a large number of chitra-pothis (illustrated palm-leaf manuscripts) were done. Chitra-pothi: Illustrated palm-leaf manuscripts from Orissa traces this tradition and the development of Oriya literature, which provides the basis of palm-leaf art. It throws light on the making of the chitra-pothis and the nature of the texts that were illustrated, weaving into the larger canvas the patron, the scribe and the artist, as it goes on to analyse palm-leaf art as an illumination of the text and as an art form in itself.

Jagannath Prasad Das is a well-known poet, playwright and fiction writer whose Puri Paintings continues to be a masterly volume on Orissan art. He has also co-authored with Professor Joanna Williams of University of California, Berkeley Palm-leaf Miniatures: The Art of Raghunath Prusti of Orissa. His other publications in English include First Person, Timescapes and Lovelines - collections of poems; Before Sunset, The Underdog and Sundardas - plays; The Magic Deer, The Forbidden Street and Dear Jester - collections of stories. His plays have been translated into several Indian languages and staged in different parts of India. Before Sunset is considered a classic among modern Indian plays.

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