Fashioning a National Art
Baroda’s Royal Collection and Art Institutions (1875–1924)
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Publication date:
07/10/2016
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352 pages
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ISBN:
9780199466849
Publication date:
07/10/2016
Hardback
352 pages
Priya Maholay-Jaradi
Employing rare archival data, back-room surveys, and exhaustive research, Fashioning a National Art discusses how Sayajirao Gaekwad III not only patronized the local arts of Baroda but also mediated a cross-cultural dialogue between the European and indigenous art techniques. This book also presents a rarely documented aspect of Sayajirao—as the lender of the royal collection to regional and international exhibitions and a global tastemaker. Besides tracing the history of elite patrons, famous artists, and European sculptors such as Augusto Felici and Derwent Wood, it also delves into the stories of subalterns such as master ivory craftsman Neelakandan Asari, wood-worker Keshav Mistry, and others.
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Priya Maholay-Jaradi
Description
The city of Baroda, with its vibrant history of art and architecture, is a much-sought-after destination for art education. This is due in large part to Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda. His art-collecting practice significantly shaped Baroda’s modern art-and-craft institutions and industries. A scientific and progressive thinker, Sayajirao encouraged Baroda’s alternative experiments in art, craft, and design and contributed to the making of a new national art. During his reign, Raja Ravi Varma, Sankheda lacquerware, and the Patan patola debuted on the national and international trail of exhibitions.
Employing rare archival data, back-room surveys, and exhaustive research, Fashioning a National Art discusses how a native prince not only patronized the local arts but also mediated a cross-cultural dialogue between the European and indigenous art techniques. This book also presents a rarely documented aspect of Sayajirao—as the lender of the royal collection to regional and international exhibitions and a global tastemaker. Besides tracing the history of elite patrons, famous artists, and European sculptors such as Augusto Felici and Derwent Wood, it also delves into the stories of subalterns such as master ivory craftsman Neelakandan Asari, wood-worker Keshav Mistry, and others.
About the Author
Priya Maholay-Jaradi is course convenor for Art History Minor and lecturer at the Department of History, National University of Singapore. She has authored Parsi Portraits from the Studio of Raja Ravi Varma (2011) and Baroda: A Cosmopolitan Provenance in Transition (2015).
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Priya Maholay-Jaradi
Table of contents
List of Photographs
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
List of Transliterations
Princely Baroda’s Art and Craft Patronage: An Introduction
Chapter 1: Manoeuvring Baroda and the Nation in British India
Part I: English–Indian Ideas, Education, and a Cosmopolitan Lifestyle
Part II: A Continuum of Modern Experiments
Chapter 2: Collecting the High Arts
Part I: Collecting Oil Paintings
Part II: Collecting Salon Sculptures
Chapter 3: Courting Craft, Design, and Industry
Part I: Craftsmen at Polytechnics, Workshops, and Industry
Part II: Internationalizing Indian Design
Chapter 4: Inventorying Ideas and Objects
Part I: A ‘Baroda Court’ for a ‘Baroda Provenance’
Part II: Returning to the Palace, the Prince, and His Ideas
Conclusion
Locating Cosmopolitanism, Modernity, and Nationalism
Appendix I
Biographies of Artists and Craftsmen Engaged with
Sayajirao’s Collecting Practice
Appendix II
List of Award-winning Items Presented by Kalabhavan–Nazarpaga at Colonial Exhibitions
Appendix III
Baroda Craft Genres Documented in George Birdwood’s
The Industrial Arts of India (1880)
Appendix IV
Baroda Genres and Craftsmen as Documented in George Watt’s Catalogue of the Delhi Durbar Exhibition of 1902–3
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Priya Maholay-Jaradi
Priya Maholay-Jaradi
Description
The city of Baroda, with its vibrant history of art and architecture, is a much-sought-after destination for art education. This is due in large part to Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the maharaja of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda. His art-collecting practice significantly shaped Baroda’s modern art-and-craft institutions and industries. A scientific and progressive thinker, Sayajirao encouraged Baroda’s alternative experiments in art, craft, and design and contributed to the making of a new national art. During his reign, Raja Ravi Varma, Sankheda lacquerware, and the Patan patola debuted on the national and international trail of exhibitions.
Employing rare archival data, back-room surveys, and exhaustive research, Fashioning a National Art discusses how a native prince not only patronized the local arts but also mediated a cross-cultural dialogue between the European and indigenous art techniques. This book also presents a rarely documented aspect of Sayajirao—as the lender of the royal collection to regional and international exhibitions and a global tastemaker. Besides tracing the history of elite patrons, famous artists, and European sculptors such as Augusto Felici and Derwent Wood, it also delves into the stories of subalterns such as master ivory craftsman Neelakandan Asari, wood-worker Keshav Mistry, and others.
About the Author
Priya Maholay-Jaradi is course convenor for Art History Minor and lecturer at the Department of History, National University of Singapore. She has authored Parsi Portraits from the Studio of Raja Ravi Varma (2011) and Baroda: A Cosmopolitan Provenance in Transition (2015).
Kindly download the flyer for more details.
Table of contents
List of Photographs
Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
List of Transliterations
Princely Baroda’s Art and Craft Patronage: An Introduction
Chapter 1: Manoeuvring Baroda and the Nation in British India
Part I: English–Indian Ideas, Education, and a Cosmopolitan Lifestyle
Part II: A Continuum of Modern Experiments
Chapter 2: Collecting the High Arts
Part I: Collecting Oil Paintings
Part II: Collecting Salon Sculptures
Chapter 3: Courting Craft, Design, and Industry
Part I: Craftsmen at Polytechnics, Workshops, and Industry
Part II: Internationalizing Indian Design
Chapter 4: Inventorying Ideas and Objects
Part I: A ‘Baroda Court’ for a ‘Baroda Provenance’
Part II: Returning to the Palace, the Prince, and His Ideas
Conclusion
Locating Cosmopolitanism, Modernity, and Nationalism
Appendix I
Biographies of Artists and Craftsmen Engaged with
Sayajirao’s Collecting Practice
Appendix II
List of Award-winning Items Presented by Kalabhavan–Nazarpaga at Colonial Exhibitions
Appendix III
Baroda Craft Genres Documented in George Birdwood’s
The Industrial Arts of India (1880)
Appendix IV
Baroda Genres and Craftsmen as Documented in George Watt’s Catalogue of the Delhi Durbar Exhibition of 1902–3
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
