Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture, BNCA, is one of the several institutes functioning under the aegis of Maharshi Karve Stree Shikshan Samstha.The BNCA Publication Cell has been active since 2009, when we published our very first book. It has been our long standing dream to make the Cell a source of valuable and quality academic publications and we began our journey towards that goal with the publication of our book on Padmashree Architect Achyut Kanvinde, the doyen of Modern Indian Architecture.
The fact that the book was released by none other than Architect Balkrishna Doshi, another founder of contemporary Indian Architecture and Pritzker awardee, is a matter of great pride for the Institute.
We have continued this journey with several other books that are listed in our Catalogue.
BNCA Publication Cell aspires to cultivate and nurture a thriving literary ecosystem with an inclusive approach that embraces literature from all fields allied to Architecture by encouraging literary contributions from industry, academia and other professionals. Our mission is to produce literature that has the capacity to engage all kinds of readers.
Living with Art
An Indian Tradition with Architecture and Bronzes
14th – 20th Century
ISBN : 978-81-920642-6-0
Published in 2021
Paperback
Priced at INR 1700/-About the book
Author : Ar. Gopal Krishna Kanhere
Emeritus Professor
Prof. G. K. Kanhere is an avid collector of bronzes in general and from Deccan and Western India in particular, for the last 40 years.
Working for the then Prince of Wales Museum Mumbai, as an architect , the author got exposed to the field of antiques and therich heritage of India. The seed of this remarkable parallel development which resulted in the creations in both architecture and bronze is very striking in some artifacts like the Mashal or Torch, or the shape of some betel nut crackers. Slowly the idea has germinated, grew, matured, evolved and emerged in the form of this manuscript.
The dresses, rituals, festivals and the socio cultural references with the observed continuity of the many traditions makes the bronze artefacts relevant today. Some of these events, rituals, dresses, musical instruments are recorded with the bronze artefacts making this a different anthropological, architectural study.
The author’s work on Indian silver and study of bronzes has led me to appreciate the multiplicity of ways that Indian craftsmen relate to both their natural environment and architecture. Most of all, with this study, the socio cultural dimension is also presented.
BNCA Publication Cell Head
Prof. Smita Ogale
(With a team of Faculty, Students and Administration)
Mentored by:
Dr. Anurag Kashyap
Principal, BNCA
Prof. Smita Ogale
BNCA Publication Cell Head
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email: smita.ogale@bnca.ac.in
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