The Ananda-Vana of Indian Art-Naval Krishna & Manu Krishna

Prof:  (Rtd.) Dr. Rai Anand Krishna needs no introduction to the world of Indian Art and Culture. On his father Rai Krishnadasa’s rich foundation, he structured his own creativity, experience of study, research and publication in this field. His creativity goes back to 1944 (a long span of six decades); his tradition continues even to the next generation. His accessible and kind personality makes him a standing humanist dear to a whole generation of Indian art students (who consider him his guru) as well as his scholar friends.
These students and friends, now an intimate part of the “Krishna family”, have in course of time carved for themselves a niche in their respective fields and are today among the outstanding scholars of Indian Art around the world.
This unique volume is a compilation of articles contributed by these colleagues, friends and students — all Indian art specialists from the length and breadth of the world. They have come together by contributing interesting finds of their fields to form this book-offering which constitutes a landmark in this Ananda-Vana of Indian Art, that is “The Forest of Bliss of Indian Art”.
Covering a time span from centuries prior to the beginning of Christian Era to the modern times, i.e. almost 2,000 years, this book embraces almost every facet of Indian Art, such as architecture, sculpture, textile, decorative arts, folk and modern art, sociology and culture.
Enriched with over 500 spectacular colour and black & white relevant illustrations, this scholarly book, unprecedented in style, will not only be a source of information both textually and visually for the academics, but will also be of great interest to every person fascinated by the general or specialized study of Indian Art.