Overview for Ragamala Painting: A Journey from Music to Art
With the fast increasing interest in Indian culture all over the world, this volume explains in as simple a manner as possible the intricacies of an extremely sophisticated Indian musical Ragas, Ragamala alongwith paintings. The book is profusely illustrated with all Ragamala paintings in full colours. This is an authoritative and sensitive primer to music in India as a whole that can be enjoyed and profited from by both, the lay-reader and the specialist.
Ranjit Singh Gill (Author)
Dr. R.S. Gill is a renowned artist with several exhibitions of paintings of paintings and graphics to his credit in Brussels, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Munich, India and U.S.A. He has published several books in Devnagri. Born in 1935 and a post-graduate in Fine Arts, Dr. Gill is deeply interested in the subject of Indian classical music. His choice of Adi-granth as inspiration for paintings is indeed a blessing. This volume is an achievement for him as well as the world of art, being a rare combination of mystique, religion and fundamentals of music, depicted through myriad colours that enable the viewer to experience the cosmic consciousness.
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