John Lockwood Kipling : arts & crafts in the Punjab and London
"John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) started his career as an architectural sculptor at the South Kensington Museum (today the Victoria and Albert Museum). Much of his life, however, was spent in British India, where his son Rudyard was born. He taught at the Bombay School of Art and later was ap...
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| Document Type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; New Haven
: Bard Graduate Center Gallery
, [2017]
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press , [2017] |
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| Online Access: | Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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[Rezension von: Bryant, Julius, Susan Weber, et al., John Lockwood Kipling, arts and crafts in the Punjab and London] |
| Author Notes: | Julius Bryant and Susan Weber, editors ; Catherine Arbuthnott, Barbara Bryant, Julius Bryant, Peter H. Hoffenberg, Elizabeth James, Sandra Kemp, Nadhra Shahbaz Khan, Christopher Marsden, Abigail McGowan, Deborah Swallow, and Susan Weber |
| Summary: | "John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) started his career as an architectural sculptor at the South Kensington Museum (today the Victoria and Albert Museum). Much of his life, however, was spent in British India, where his son Rudyard was born. He taught at the Bombay School of Art and later was appointed principal of the new Mayo School of Art (today Pakistan's National College of Art and Design) as well as curator of its museum in Lahore. Over several years, Kipling toured the northern provinces of India, documenting the processes of local craftsmen, a cultural preservation project that provides a unique record of 19th-century Indian craft customs. This is the first book to explore the full spectrum of artistic, pedagogical, and archival achievements of this fascinating man of letters, demonstrating the sincerity of his work as an artist, teacher, administrator, and activist"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 550-562) and index Aus dem Impressum: "This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibitions Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, from January 14 through April 2, 2017, and John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London, held at Bard Graduate Center Gallery, New York, from September 15, 2017 through January 7, 2018" |
| Physical Description: | xix, 580 Seiten Illustrationen 28 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780300221596 0300221592 |
