Goanet meets in Goa: December 27, 12 noon and January 7, 4 pm (meeting point: Kala Academy canteen). See you there! ------------------------------
I agree with what Benoy K. Behl compaints about. Much attention of art historians interested in Goa has been restricted so far to architecture, furniture and sculpture. Little or none to paintings. The Portuguese art-historian Pedro Dias from Coimbra in Portugal made some start in his 2-volume History of Portuguese art, published in 1998. I have known of the interest of another eminent Portuguese art historian, Vitor Serr�o in studying Goan paintings, but I have not heard of any further progress in his intentions and research in that regard. I wonder why the Goa College of Art has not taken interest in the subject during the past several decades of its activity. Those with all-India experience of art, like Benoy Behl can certainly be a great asset in studying the Indian matrix of the West-influenced historic paintings in Goa. Teotonio R. de Souza From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Goanet]SEASON'S SPECIAL: Making DD's Rome of the East (from PARMAL) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The paintings in the churches of Goa form an exquisite chapter in the rich and many-faceted tradition of painting in India. Goa's was the first meaningful and complete experience of the Indian artist with the styles of European painting. Making DD's Rome of the East By Benoy K Behl The Paintings of India is a series of twenty-six documentaries which covers the history and development of painting in India, from pre-historic times till the present day. The making of these films was a most exciting journey which took us not only to all corners of the country, but also to many museums around the world. Though the great sculptures of India have been known to be among the finest in the world, Indian paintings have been in the shadow. The Indian mural paintings of the ancient period are among the greatest paintings of mankind. Owing to the fact that these exist in remote sites, scattered all over the country and that many of them are extremely difficult to film in their dark and constricted locations, this great treasure of the world's art has never been clearly photographed or shown to the world before. The paintings in the churches of Goa form an exquisite chapter in the rich and many-faceted tradition of painting in India. A journey through the development of the art, over the centuries in India, would be incomplete without including these paintings. Rome of the East was conceived as the sixth film of the series. As research for this film began, I found that there was no previous material to read on the paintings in the churches of Goa, nor could we find any expert who could speak about these paintings. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
