In this book the epic Mahabharata, eulogised and worshiped by devotees worldwide, takes centre stage in the artist's current creative repertoire. His paintings, mostly in large size and bold colours, engage with the phenomenal Sanskrit epic of ancient India. As the title suggests it is a mahan(great) narration about bharatbaraga(descendants of Bharat/India), inscribed millennia ago by rishi Vy?
Sadeva, around 400 BCE. Revered as a significant civilizational marker, the Mahabharata is the longest epic poem ever written. In its original, full form, it contains about 1.8 million words in over 100,000 shlokas(couplets) or 200,000 plus individual verse lines and long prose passages.
Over the centuries, it has been revised and interpolated in attempts to unravel its historical or compositional layers and continues to be engagingly mysterious. Lined with European and Italian Renaissance influences, together with Indian decorative elements and a spiritual ethos, the elaborately drawn and brightly coloured suite articulates the great heroic epic, which is essentially about dharma (moral law).
| ISBN: | 9789385285141 |
| Publication date: | 25th February 2016 |
| Author: | Krishna Dharma |
| Illustrator: | Giampaolo Tomassetti |
| Publisher: | Niyogi an imprint of Niyogi Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 118 pages |
| Series: | Indian Art Series |
| Genres: |
Religious and ceremonial art |
In this book the epic Mahabharata, eulogised and worshiped by devotees worldwide, takes centre stage in the artist's current creative repertoire. His paintings, mostly in large size and bold colours, engage with the phenomenal Sanskrit epic of ancient India.
Mahabharata features in the following genres: Religious and ceremonial art
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Mahabharata was written by Krishna Dharma and published by Niyogi an imprint of Niyogi Books
Mahabharata has 118 pages
Yes it is part of Indian Art Series series