Mahatma Gandhi and Art

Mahatma Gandhi and Art

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Book Specification

Item Code: IDE924
Author: Y.P. Anand
Publisher: INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ARTS
Language: English
Edition: 2003
ISBN: 8185503060
Pages: 68 (Color Illus: 2, B & W Illus: 5)
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 11.0" X 8.5"
Weight 400 gm

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CONTENTS

Foreword 5
Preface 8
1. Introduction 10
2. Gandhiji's Early Expressions about art and Beauty 11
2.1. London Diary 11
2.2. Some Other Writings 12
3. Gandhiji's Language as an Art 13
4. Gandhiji's Views on Art 15
4.1. The Background to Gandhiji's Views on Art 15
4.2. Interview with G. Ramachandran and other Views of Gandhiji on Art, Truth and Beauty 17
4.2.1. What is True Art: Inwardness of Art 17
4.2.2. Beauty in Truth; Truth, Beauty, Goodness 18
4.2.3. Art for the Millions 19
4.2.4. Art and Beauty for Inner Purity, Character and Simplicity 20
4.2.5. Art and Religion/Truth/Morality 21
4.2.6. Art & Beauty for Utility, Art not for 'Art's Sake': the Case of Khadi 22
4.2.7. Art and Obscenity 27
4.2.8. Gandhiji's Love and Appreciation of Music 27
4.2.9. Gandhiji's Appreciation of Nature 32
4.2.10. Gandhiji's Critique of Art 33
4.2.11. Art and Music in National Education 36
4.3. Mahatma Gandhi and Romain Rolland 37
4.4. Mahatma Gandhi and Gurudev Tagore 40
4.5. Verrier Elwin's Essay on Mahatma Gandhi 42
4.6. Gandhiji and the Art School at Sevagram: the Experiments of Devi Prasad 46
4.7. Mukul Dey's 'Portraits of Mahatma Gandhi' 48
5. Summary 52
6. Aesthetics and Action in Gandhi's Political Philosophy 54


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