Anjani Reddy spent 25 years moulding creative individuals into artists and now she devotes herself to sharing her experiences on canvas Sunory Dutt Growing up in Nandi Kandi, an agrarian village in Telangana, Anjani Reddy spent idyllic days playing within the courtyard of the 10th century Sri Ramalingeswara Swamy temple. Those early impressions of the Chalukya dynasty temple instilled in her a deep respect for its [...]
On August 22, 1911, the Mona Lisa was discovered stolen right off the walls from the Louvre. An inconceivable crime it was thought to be, one that would certainly never be repeated. But despite heavy security measures,history reveals that art heists happen more often than we think possible.
The most graceful of outfits, a well-draped sari complements any form and figure, making it the preferred attire of Indians both at home and abroad. Secure in its six yards, one can never go wrong whatever the dress code — be it a casual soiree or a formal occasion. Sunory Dutt lists Andhra Pradesh’s various interpretations of woven magic.
Mumbai: Designer duo Pankaj and Nidhi, who put up a scintillating finale at the Lakme Fashion Week here with Kareena Kapoor as the showstopper, said Bollywood celebrities help bring their work to the fore. This husband-and-wife duo, whose six-year-old label is available in 20 stores across India including one in Mumbai in suburban Khar, were [...]
Bringing fine art and craft together and uniting creativity and manufacturing. The Bauhaus was the most influential modernist art school of the 20th century, one whose approach to teaching, and understanding art’s relationship to society and technology, had a major impact both in Europe and the United States long after it closed. It was shaped [...]
Hard-edge abstraction was part of a general tendency to move away from the expressive qualities of gestural abstraction Hard-edge painting is a tendency in the late 1950s and 1960s art that is closely related to post-painterly abstraction and colour field painting. It describes an abstract style that combines the clear composition of geometric abstraction with [...]
Arabesques are a fundamental element of Islamic art but they develop what was already a tradition The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of “surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils” or plain lines, often combined with other elements. Within the very wide range of Eurasian decorative [...]
Finding beauty in the ordinary “Mingei”, or “art of the people”, refers to objects produced by anonymous craftspeople for everyday use by ordinary people. In Japan, these objects include a wide range of forms, including paintings, sculpture, furniture, ceramics, signboards, lacquer, baskets, paper, toys, and textiles. The word “mingei” was coined by famed literary and [...]
For the first time in Hyderabad, print and painting would be clubbed together in the form of wood cut paintings. Iconart Gallery is one of the unique art residencies which has participants from all over the country. At present there are 20 artists learning the craft and making the paintings. “It’s a great place to integrate [...]
Considered to be cutting edge modern art during the Nabis’s early period, their subject matter was representational Nabi means prophet in Hebrew and in Arabic. Parisian artists who were influenced by Gauguin, the Japanism and the Pont-Aven’s School. They were influential in the developments in design and the graphic arts. Les Nabis originated as a [...]
It’s David vs Goliath as Rajasthan take on Mumbai’s might
Kolkata: They have shown remarkable fighting spirit despite the demoralising spot-fixing scandal and the Rajasthan Royals will now look to upstage the mighty Mumbai Indians in the second qualifier here tomorrow to book, what would be, a dream final berth in the Pepsi IPL. On paper, Mumbai Indians may appear stronger but Rajasthan will be [...]
21 lawmakers back Chandigarh-born as top US judge
Washington: Ahead of an expected Senate vote on the nomination of Chandigarh-born Indian-American legal luminary Srikanth ‘Sri’ Srinivasan to a top US court, 21 lawmakers have penned their support for him. Srinivasan, 46, currently principal deputy solicitor general of the US last week won unanimous approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee for his nomination as [...]
It was like bereavement: Dravid on spot-fixing
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid says dealing with the turmoil caused by the spot-fixing scandal, which has left his team’s reputation in tatters, has turned out to be as tough as handling “bereavement in some ways”. “I would not lie it was a very tough phase for us. It was a blow to [...]
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The final kick-off for passion
Tonight the football season will finally come to a close with the Champions League final being played at Wembley stadium. It’s been a tumultuous season for all the wrong reasons. The four big leagues were wrapped up early: Manchester United in the EPL, Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Juventus in Serie A and Barcelona in [...]
Earlier this week, I received an email about the Gayatri Mantra being proven to be the most divine and powerful hymn in the world. An American scientist called Dr Howard Steingeril is said to have collected hymns, prayers, mantras and invocations from all over the world and from all religions. He tested these for sound [...]
Reporter’s diary: Waste not flowers
A flower is most beautiful when it is in the garden, like a deer or a lamb seen in its natural habitat. If this wisdom is known to the mayor and the GHMC, they would not have wasted several hundred lovely flowers at the function declaring the GHMC’s plan to open 14 biodiversity parks on [...]
Reporter’s diary: Bravo, Naidu
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu is a visionary. Few will doubt this considering what he did to give Hyderabad a modern face, and many of his welfare schemes are now implemented (of course, renamed after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi). But many could not understand his logic of asking for a ban of `500 and `1,000 [...]
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