Art and Communication/Shekhar Chandra Joshi. Delhi, Indian Pub., 2008,
viii, 118 p., ISBN 81-7341-458-0.
Art and Communication/Shekhar Chandra Joshi. Delhi, Indian Pub., 2008,
viii, 118 p., ISBN 81-7341-458-0.
Contents: Preface. 1. Man, nature and their art/Shekhar Chandra Joshi. 2. Art-crafts or crafts-arts/Pran Nath Mago. 3. An entitlement to art education/Patricia A. Procter. 4. The Indian master artist/Tirthankar Bhattacharya. 5. Indigenous art; tradition, identity and challenges/Chinmay Mehta. 6. Art on human body/C.M. Agrawal. 7. Fine arts, their functions and aims/S.B.L. Saxena. 8. The echo of music in fine arts/Bul Bul Sinha. 9. Freedom of thought: figurative image and beyond/Madan Singh Rathore. 10. Information technology in visual arts and communication/Manoj Kumar Sinha. 11. Colour--an important element in visual image/Shrikant B. Dabhade. 12. What is about to be back/Ranvir Saxena. 13. On originality in art/Prithwis Sikdar. 14. Communication and culture/G.P. Pandey. 15. Social communication: a need of the time/Paramjeet Singh. 16. Whither art business?/Sovon Som. 17. Charity and creativity: In building an infrastructure for the arts/Neville Tuli.
"The significance of this book is its holistic composition. It focuses on the importance of art and communication and covers almost all aspects and issues relating to the development of art and communication.
Art is mankind's most enduring form of communication. Communication and art both are the basic needs of human beings for developing their culture. World civilizations has progressed in many different ways due to art and communication. The answer to "how art and communication mingle with each other?" lies in this connection.
This book containing seventeen research papers is an innovative endeavor. Its scope and variety of material and approaches covered will be of interest to all." (jacket)