Basis for Artistic and Industrial Revival in India
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Author_Ernest Brinfield Havell
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Indian art
Indian civilisation and culture
Indian renaissance
spiritual heritage
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- ISBN 9789360805234
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 160 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Manohar Publishers and Distributors
- Publication City/Country: IN
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book by a well-known Englishman E.B. Havell discusses various issues related to the revival of art, craft and industry in India. Havell spent a life time in this country teaching and writing on Indian art. First published in 1912, this book was originally written in the form of letters to the Hindu of Madras. The author believes that a slavish imitation of the West is positively harmful to the development of Indian art and crafts. He feels that a true Indian renaissance will come only after India wakes up to her old spiritual heritage. According to him, Indian art must be given back its old place in Indian art and religion and at the same time adapt itself to the modern ways of life. He totally distrusts the commercialism of the West and pleads that the moral factor should not be ignored in India’s industrial organisation. And he believes that home or domestic industries should be revived and be given a key position in the new Indian industrial system.
Ernest Brinfield Havell (1861-1934) was Principal, Government School of Art and Keeper of the Art Gallery, Calcutta. His publications include: Indian Sculptor and Painting (1908), The Ideals of Indian Art (1911), Essays on Indian Art, Industry and Education (1915), The Himalayas in Indian Art (1924), and Benaras, the Sacred City (1905).
