Moving pictures : rickshaw art of Bangladesh /
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| Author / Creator: | Lahiri-Dutt, Kuntala, 1956- |
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Imprint: | Ocean, NJ : Grantha Corportion ; Ahmedabad, India : Mapin Publishing Pvt. Ltd, 2010. |
| Description: | 90 p. ; 18 x 13 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8206009 |
| Summary: | Beautifully painted and brilliantly decorated, rickshaws are indeed one of the defining features of Dhaka; turning the 'City of Mosques' into a 'city of rickshaws'. Whilst to many elite Bangladeshis, rickshaws are ho-hum, seen as the culprits jamming up the roads and slowing down the traffic when the nation wants to move ahead rapidly, for an outsider the gaudily decorated, glittering tri-cycles are fascinating objects of curiosity. The book presents an account as well as an informed interpretation of the paintings done by local artists on cycle- and auto-rickshaws of urban Bangladesh, with a socio-cultural background of its artistic traditions. It is a visual feast, containing a selection of colour photographic images of heavily painted rickshaws, artists and the art panels. |
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| Physical Description: | 90 p. ; 18 x 13 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9788188204700 (Mapin) 8188204706 (Mapin) 9780944142639 (Grantha) 094414263X (Grantha) |