Manzar: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today
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Author: Hancock, Caroline
Originating in Arabic, the word 'manzar' in Urdu can be translated as a scene, a view, a landscape or a perspective, highlighting the extraordinary vitality of the diverse art scenes in Pakistan and its diasporas. This volume presents the diverse output of the painters, photographers, architects and others who have defined Pakistan’s culture over the past 80 years. The catalogue also offers essays by important art and architecture historians, educators, artists and architects from Pakistan.This groundbreaking gathering traces how artists and architects have forged diverse personal and political languages, in dialogue with regional styles and international art and world histories. The interconnections of scenes, individuals and communities in the subcontinent and on a global scale are testament to the strength of art in withstanding imposed divisions.
ISBN 9788836659623. Silvana Editoriale. pb. 350 pages. 304 colour ills. 27.9 x 24.1 cm.
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Originating in Arabic, the word 'manzar' in Urdu can be translated as a scene, a view, a landscape or a perspective, highlighting the extraordinary vitality of the diverse art scenes in Pakistan and its diasporas. This volume presents the diverse output of the painters, photographers, architects and others who have defined Pakistan’s culture over the past 80 years. The catalogue also offers essays by important art and architecture historians, educators, artists and architects from Pakistan.This groundbreaking gathering traces how artists and architects have forged diverse personal and political languages, in dialogue with regional styles and international art and world histories. The interconnections of scenes, individuals and communities in the subcontinent and on a global scale are testament to the strength of art in withstanding imposed divisions.
ISBN 9788836659623. Silvana Editoriale. pb. 350 pages. 304 colour ills. 27.9 x 24.1 cm.
not yet published