Moving Pictures Mapin Publishing

Moving Pictures

Kuntala Lahiri Dutt, David J. Williams
Photographs by David J Williams

Take a ride into the multicoloured world of Bangladeshi rickshaw art and get a glimpse into lives and work of the artists who embellish these vehicles with vibrantly colourful paintings.

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Take a ride into the multicoloured world of Bangladeshi rickshaw art and get a glimpse into lives and work of the artists who embellish these vehicles with vibrantly colourful paintings.
This book offers 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 examines various aspects relating to unique role that the decorated rickshaws play in the Bangladeshi society.

Concise but illuminating essays highlight the unique role of rickshaws in the Bangladeshi way of life and on the various aspects that influence rickshaw art. Containing a vast selection of colour photographic images of heavily painted rickshaws, artists and the art panels, the book is a visual treat.

Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt is a Human Geographer with interest in community livelihoods. She is a prolific writer on academic and non-academic subjects in both English and Bengali.

David Williams is an internationally known air quality scientist. He is an avid photographer and an art connoisseur.

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ISBN 9788188204700
Pages 96
Number of photographs 50
Size 6.75 x 4.75" (120 x 170 mm), hc-plc
Date of Publishing 2010
Language(s) English
Co-publisher(s) Mapin
Rights Available World rights

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