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David Gentleman's India
Exploring the land, architecture, and people of India, David Gentleman's travels have informed this collection of watercolors and reminiscences. The result is not a romantic or nostalgic vision, but a study of a country in part patient, traditional, and unchanging, but one also renewed and transformed by its energy, inventiveness, and ingenuity.
192 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1995
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October 16, 2020
A watercolour trip through India in the early 90's - I'm a fan of this style of painting (which I think is bold and colourful without being twee) and I travelled to many of the places featured in the book in the early 90's - so this is aimed straight at me!
Many people appear to say that the paintings transport them to the places - and for me this was really true of the Rajasthan cities, forts, towns and countryside - the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur is a beautiful painting, Pushkar looks as evocative as I remember it, and Jaisalmer is stunning.
I know I am a white westerner reviewing a book about India by a white westerner - but I believe the author has empathy with this unique and complicated country - I would love to hear how Indians react to the book.
I can only imagine the undercurrent of impending change hinted at in the text has escalated massively over the last 20 years - as every country will and should - I hope the jewels illustrated in this book are still present - the landscapes, buildings and colour.
Many people appear to say that the paintings transport them to the places - and for me this was really true of the Rajasthan cities, forts, towns and countryside - the Hawa Mahal in Jaipur is a beautiful painting, Pushkar looks as evocative as I remember it, and Jaisalmer is stunning.
I know I am a white westerner reviewing a book about India by a white westerner - but I believe the author has empathy with this unique and complicated country - I would love to hear how Indians react to the book.
I can only imagine the undercurrent of impending change hinted at in the text has escalated massively over the last 20 years - as every country will and should - I hope the jewels illustrated in this book are still present - the landscapes, buildings and colour.
April 11, 2019
Beautiful drawings and sensitive, insightful portrayals.
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