Niyogi Books

Architecture of Santiniketan: Tagore's Concept of Space


 

Product Details

  • Language: English
  • No. of Pages: 180 pages
  • Category: Non-Fiction
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 13: 9789381523384
  • Published Date: 1 November 2012

About the Author

Samit Das

Samit Das specialises in painting, photography, interactive artworks and artists books, and in creating multi-sensory environments through art and architectural installations. He has held solo shows in Delhi, Kolkata, Singapore and London. Samit s research on Santiniketan s architecture started in 1996, for his M.F.A. from Kala Bhavan, Visva Bharati and post experience programme at Camberwell College of Arts, London, with CWIT (2001-02). This research culminated in the exhibitions The Idea of Space and Rabindranath Tagore: A Photographic Exhibition (Lalit Kala Akademi, Delhi) and In Search of Frozen Music (Nature Morte), in 2011. The Idea of Space was also held at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata and was part of a curated show at Freies Museum,Berlin, in 2012.