Kamasutra Deluxe
Dr. Alka Pande
The Kama Sutra examines the life force or prana of which the physical and the spiritual are equally potent aspects.
Hardback | 12 x 12 | 156 pp
ISBN 9788174360823
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Sage Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra is an ancient treatise on man-woman relationships. Though written over 2,000 years ago, its relevance is perennial, since, of all life's expressions, sexual gratification remains one of the most fundamental. The Kama Sutra examines the life force or prana of which the physical and the spiritual are equally potent aspects. While exploring the art of fulfilling sexual relationships, it stresses equallyon self-restraint and consideration for the partner.
This book takes a contemporary look at the Kama Sutra. Rare miniatures, gouache and tantric paintings, and sculptures on ivory panels from the renowned archives of Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK, are published for the first time: other works – suffused with the erotic – are selected from Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK: Werner Forman Archive, London, UK and the collection of Lance Dane.
The introduction by Dr Alka Pande guides the reader towards the appropriate mindset required to imbibe the magic of the text.
This book takes a contemporary look at the Kama Sutra. Rare miniatures, gouache and tantric paintings, and sculptures on ivory panels from the renowned archives of Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK, are published for the first time: other works – suffused with the erotic – are selected from Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK: Werner Forman Archive, London, UK and the collection of Lance Dane.
The introduction by Dr Alka Pande guides the reader towards the appropriate mindset required to imbibe the magic of the text.
About the author
Dr Alka Pande has specialised in the history of art and in critical art
theory. She was Head of the Department of Fine Arts in Panjab
University, Chandigarh. Her published works include From Mustard Fields
to Disco Lights, a book that studied the folk music and performers of
Punjab, and Indian Erotica. Presentlyan art consultant withIndia
Habitat Centre, Delhi, and curator of its Visual Arts Gallery, she was
born in Calcutta but later acquired her academic experience from the
universities of London, Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Dr Pande combines
her expert study of the arts with an interest in music and dance, yoga
and cooking. She lives in New Delhi with her husband and daughter.
Lance Dane is a renowned photographer who has devoted over five decads to the study and interpretation of works of Indian art. He has visited shrines, temples, museums and private collections – in fact, traversed the entire landscape of India and Asia to collect and record these works. Readers of the Marg magazine are familiar with his photographs of ancient archaeological sites. His expressionism and mastery of 'available light' photography, plus his instinctive understanding of the iconographs and symbols of Indian art, have enabled him to create visonary photographic images for all to see and enjoy in perpetuity.
Lance Dane is a renowned photographer who has devoted over five decads to the study and interpretation of works of Indian art. He has visited shrines, temples, museums and private collections – in fact, traversed the entire landscape of India and Asia to collect and record these works. Readers of the Marg magazine are familiar with his photographs of ancient archaeological sites. His expressionism and mastery of 'available light' photography, plus his instinctive understanding of the iconographs and symbols of Indian art, have enabled him to create visonary photographic images for all to see and enjoy in perpetuity.
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