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Naqsh: The Art of Wood Carving in Traditional Houses of Gujarat

 
Jay Thakkar (Author)
Synopsis

Through Naqsh, the author explores and documents exhaustively in detail the art of wood carving of traditional architecture of Gujarat. Traversing from the history of wood carving of India, the book investigates thoroughly the tools and techniques applied by the craftsmen working within the trade guilds. The main section comprises of the ornamentations (symbols, motifs and patterns) witnessed on the traditional wooden houses, which are categorized and analyzed in terms of its aesthetics, its occurrence in time and its physical and symbolic relation to the house. The author then establishes its links and connections to the examples found in other cultures and explains the dissemination of this art.

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About the author

Jay Thakkar

Jay Thakkar, born 1976, India, was awarded Diploma in Interior Design from School of Interior Design, C.E.P.T., India, 2000 and Masters in Visual Communication from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, UCE, U.K., 2004. he has received two Gold medals (2000 & 2001) from School of Interior Design, C.E.P.T. and Gujarat Institute of Architects & Civil Engineers, India, for Excellence in Research and Interior Design. He has also received Visual Communication Scholarship from Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, UCE, U.K. He has worked on Internationally known Indo-French project of Revitalization of Walled City of Ahmedabad, India, where the application of this research can be observed.

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john hank - fabulous work Jan, 01, 1970
 

It is one of the most exhaustive work i have ever seen till now on the wooden traditional houses of Gujarat. I had the chance to meet the author when in india. A single handed work is highly appreciative. It deals in thorough detail about the wood and the forms achieved by the means of carving in the traditional built forms. The drawings are marvellous and done with meticulous details.

Bibliographic information

Title Naqsh: The Art of Wood Carving in Traditional Houses of Gujarat
Author Jay Thakkar
Format Hardcover
Date published: 01.01.2004
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher Research Cell
Language: English
isbn 8175252855
length x+224p., Maps; Tables; Plates; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; 25cm.