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Book Zubeida Agha

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  • Author : Zubeida Agha
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1957
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 60 pages

Download or read book Zubeida Agha written by Zubeida Agha and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Zubeida Agha

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  • Author : Zubeida Agha
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1995
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 8 pages

Download or read book Zubeida Agha written by Zubeida Agha and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduced paintings by the artist plus biography and exhibitions.

Book Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia

Download or read book Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia written by Iftikhar Dadi and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Art historian Iftikhar 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. He looks at the stunningly diverse artistic production of key artists associated with Pakistan, including Abdur Rahman Chughtai, Zainul Abedin, Shakir Ali, Zubeida Agha, Sadequain, Rasheed Araeen, and Naiza Khan. Dadi shows how, beginning in the 1920s, these artists addressed the challenges of modernity by translating historical and contemporary intellectual conceptions into their work, reworking traditional approaches to the classical Islamic arts, and engaging the modernist approach towards subjective individuality in artistic expression. In the process, they dramatically reconfigured the visual arts of the region. By the 1930s, these artists had embarked on a sustained engagement with international modernism in a context of dizzying social and political change that included decolonization, the rise of mass media, and developments following the national independence of India and Pakistan in 1947. Bringing new insights to such concepts as nationalism, modernism, cosmopolitanism, and tradition, 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.

Book Pakistan Affairs

Download or read book Pakistan Affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Zubeida Agha

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1957
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 48 pages

Download or read book Zubeida Agha written by and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Area Handbook for Pakistan

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  • Author : American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1965
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 624 pages

Download or read book Area Handbook for Pakistan written by American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Areas Studies Division and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General study of Pakistan - covers historical and geographical aspects, labour force, demographic aspects and social structures, living conditions, education, cultural factors, tradition, religion, the system of government, foreign policy, the economic structure, trade unionism, trade, banking, national level defence, the armed forces, etc. Bibliography pp. 571 to 607, maps and statistical tables.

Book Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women

Download or read book Inscribing South Asian Muslim Women written by Tahera Aftab and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers an annotated source for the study of the public and private lives of South Asian Muslim women.

Book Women s Art Work

Download or read book Women s Art Work written by Sophia Bennett and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the work of female artists who have made their mark on the art world. Women’s Art Work introduces readers to the lives and work of the world’s most renowned artists. With a foreword from Tate’s first female director, Maria Balshaw, this collection celebrates the creativity of women in more than 30 biographies, investigating their practices and exploring their contributions to the art world. Readers will learn about a diverse group of innovators like Frida Kahlo, Cindy Sherman, Ana Mendieta, Lubaina Himid, Cao Fei, and the Guerrilla Girls. From early pioneers to today’s most radical creators, these women have overcome obstacles, broken boundaries, and enriched our understanding of what art is and can be. With a glossary of art terms, a timeline of major milestones, and educational sidebars, this highly illustrated book is perfect for any art lover. Additionally, it features original interviews with living artists—including Yayoi Kusama, Lorna Simpson, and Rachel Whiteread. Featured artists include: - Eileen Agar - Anni Albers - Louise Bourgeois - Sonia Boyce - Claude Cahun - Judy Chicago - Tacita Dean - Tracey Emin - Cao Fei - Simryn Gill - Guerrilla Girls - Natalia Goncharova - Anthea Hamilton - Barbara Hepworth - Lubaina Himid - Gwen John - Joan Jonas - Frida Kahlo - Yayoi Kusama - Agnes Martin - Ana Mendieta - Berthe Morisot - Georgia O'Keeffe - Paula Rego - Bridget Riley - Doris Salcedo - Cindy Sherman - Lorna Simpson - Dayanita Singh - Gillian Wearing - Rachel Whiteread - Lynette Yiadom-Boakye - Fahrelnissa Zeid

Book Another Gulmohar Tree

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  • Author : Aamer Hussein
  • Publisher : Saqi
  • Release : 2012-07-15
  • ISBN : 1846590957
  • Pages : 83 pages

Download or read book Another Gulmohar Tree written by Aamer Hussein and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Usman is visiting post-war London from Pakistan when he meets a young aspiring artist called Lydia who has, like him, come out of an unhappy marriage. Just as the lonely strangers' friendship begins to blossom into something deeper Usman has to return to Karachi, leaving Lydia behind. Two years later, Lydia impulsively abandons her life in London and boards a ship to Karachi, where the two are married. But as the years flit by Usman feels distanced from his life and realises that he hasn't noticed the buds of the gulmohar tree unfurl. A beautiful account of a marriage that is in turns wry and unashamedly romantic. 'We are lucky to have Hussein among us, telling us stories as few can.' Amit Chaudhuri 'A lovely, strange, and very moving novel.' Ruth Padel 'At its heart it is a story of love, into which Hussein weaves all his remarkable skills of storytelling.' Kamila Shamsie 'In his splendid, dreamy Another Gulmohar Tree, Hussein gives us an indelible sense of two worlds - Karachi and London - in miniature and the strong parable of a love story that endures over a lifetime.' Joseph Olshan

Book Intersections of Contemporary Art  Anthropology and Art History in South Asia

Download or read book Intersections of Contemporary Art Anthropology and Art History in South Asia written by Sasanka Perera and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking South Asia as its focus, this wide-ranging collection probes the general reluctance of the cultural anthropology to engage with contemporary visual art and artists, including painting, sculpture, performance art and installation. Through case studies engaged equally in anthropology and visual studies, contributors examine art and artistic production in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal to bring the social and political complexities of artistic practice to the fore. Demonstrating the potential of the visual as a means to understand a society, its values, and its politics, this volume ranges across discourses of anthropology, sociology, biography, memory, art history, and contemporary practices of visual art. Ultimately, Intersections of Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia simultaneously expands and challenges the disciplinary foci of two fields: it demonstrates to art criticism and art history the necessity of anthropological and sociological methodologies and theories, while at the same time challenging the “iconophobia” of social sciences.

Book Modern Art in Pakistan

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  • Author : Simone Wille
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2017-09-19
  • ISBN : 1317341368
  • Pages : 143 pages

Download or read book Modern Art in Pakistan written by Simone Wille and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern Art in Pakistan examines interaction of space, tradition, and history to analyse artistic production in Pakistan from the 1950s to recent times. It traces the evolution of modernism in Pakistan and frames it in a global context in the aftermath of Partition. A masterful insight into South Asian art, this book will interest researchers, scholars, and students of South Asian art and art history, and Pakistan in particular. Further, it will be useful to those engaged in the fields of Islamic studies, museum studies, and modern South Asian history.

Book Nicholas Meets Barrington

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  • Author : Nicholas Barrington
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-12-17
  • ISBN : 085773797X
  • Pages : 389 pages

Download or read book Nicholas Meets Barrington written by Nicholas Barrington and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-17 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Meets Barrington tells the story of a mid 20th century young life that blossoms into diplomacy at the tail end of imperial Britain. Coming from an ordinary family, Nicholas Barrington made his mark as a diplomat in a series of postings ending as High Commissioner in Pakistan. In these captivating memoirs, Barrington describes his childhood during World War II, his family background, his education at Repton School, his two years doing National Service in the army and his time at Cambridge where he earned a First in Law. Readers are introduced to a vast array of characters with whom a diplomat of Sir Nicholas's standing would have crossed paths in his 37 years as a career diplomat. From the accounts of his travels in Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Egypt, Barrington presents his interest in building bridges between East and West, Islam and Christianity, which he pursued during both his diplomatic career and in his life after retirement. What emerges is an engaging account a colourful life with multi-faceted interests, including a love of art, antiquities, poetry and amateur dramatics. The author explores the stresses of balancing a rich range of experiences with the demands of life in the foreign service with amusing stories which humanise the experiences of diplomacy and international politics. As befits a diplomat who was something of a dilettante, the story is told with frankness and wit and will provide unique and enjoyable insights into a fascinating life.

Book Pakistan

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  • Author : Marian Rengel
  • Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
  • Release : 2003-12-15
  • ISBN : 9780823940011
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book Pakistan written by Marian Rengel and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2003-12-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a part of the Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest agricultural regions in the world, Pakistan's identity is deeply rooted in Indian tradition. From its most famous archeological sites such as Mohenjo-Daro, or the "Mound of the Dead," to its struggle with independence from British India, students gain a broad-based view of Pakistan and its importance as a South Asian country. With religious views that span the millennia, Pakistan hosts a cache of diverse opinions, art, and architecture surrounding Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism. Students also gain an understanding of contemporary conflicts in Pakistan such as those surrounding the disputed areas of Jammu and Kashmir and the continued rivalry between the Sunni and Shi'a Muslims.

Book Miscellaneous Publications

Download or read book Miscellaneous Publications written by Pakistan. Safārah (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Struggle for Pakistan

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  • Author : Ayesha Jalal
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2014-09-16
  • ISBN : 0674052897
  • Pages : 448 pages

Download or read book The Struggle for Pakistan written by Ayesha Jalal and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established as a homeland for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in a probing biography of her native land amid the throes of global change, Ayesha Jalal provides an insider’s assessment of how this nuclear-armed Muslim nation evolved as it did and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region. “[An] important book...Ayesha Jalal has been one of the first and most reliable [Pakistani] political historians [on Pakistan]...The Struggle for Pakistan [is] her most accessible work to date...She is especially telling when she points to the lack of serious academic or political debate in Pakistan about the role of the military.” —Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books “[Jalal] shows that Pakistan never went off the rails; it was, moreover, never a democracy in any meaningful sense. For its entire history, a military caste and its supporters in the ruling class have formed an ‘establishment’ that defined their narrow interests as the nation’s.” —Isaac Chotiner, Wall Street Journal

Book Five Years of Pakistan  August 1947 August 1952

Download or read book Five Years of Pakistan August 1947 August 1952 written by Pakistan and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: