• ISBN13: 9789381523384
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Architecture & Interior Designs
• Publisher: Niyogi Books
• Publisher Imprint: Niyogi Books
• Publication Date: April 16, 2013
• Pages: 180
• Original Price: INR 1495.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 500 grams

Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore’s Concept of Space is a search for the clues hidden in Rabindranath Tagore’s philosophy and architecture that will link the past with the present. This book highlights Tagore’s architectural vision through his writings. A product of immense research and emotions gathered over fifteen years, Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore’s Concept of Space extends beyond brick and mortar in an effort to understand the significance of the creation of space. It is an expression of the amalgamation of music, art, literature, poetry, letters and functional ornamentation. The book explains the different levels of this form of architecture and evaluates it in the context of the present artistic and cultural environment, while connecting it with the Bengal Renaissance.

Samit Das specialises in painting, photography, interactive artworks and artists books, and in creating multi-sensory environments through art and architectural installations. He has held solo shows in Delhi, Kolkata, Singapore and London. Samit s research on Santiniketan s architecture started in 1996, for his M.F.A. from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati and post experience programme at Camberwell College of Arts, London, with CWIT (2001-02). This research culminated in the exhibitions The Idea of Space and Rabindranath Tagore: A Photographic Exhibition (Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi) and In Search of Frozen Music (Nature Morte), in 2011. The Idea of Space was also held at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata and was part of a curated show at Freies Museum,Berlin, in 2012.