Appreciation of Indian Art - Selected Writings

Author: Swami SarvabhutanandaForeword/Introduction: Arun GhoshPublisher: Ramakrishna MissionYear: 2011Language: EnglishPages: 394ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789381325049 DescriptionArt in life is like salt in cooking. A pinch of salt more, or less, spoils the taste of food Te same is equally true about the role played by art, which a difference Unlike salt we do not usually recognize its omnipresent role in daily life. There are many among us, educated in all other branches of studies excepting art, who proudly claim how little they do understand, our are about art and yet live along successully. This enforced ignorance about art, in life of so many men and women of today who appear to be happy enough, easily raises one question, Why study art. Theory, in most branches of scientific studies, precedes practice. Not so in the field of arts where theory develops afterwards, The subject of Indian aesthetics is no exception. It has to be studied in this perspective in order to apprec