A Mediated Magic The Indian Presence in Modernism 1880-1930

📦 Product Details

• Authors: Naman P. Ahuja, Louise Belfrage
• Publisher: Co-published by The Marg Foundation & Axel and Margaret Ax:son Johnson Foundation
• Publication Date: 1 January 2019
• Language: English
• Format: Hardcover
• Print Length: 184 pages
• ISBN-10: 9383243287
• ISBN-13: 978-9383243280
• Item Weight: 1 kg 500 g

📖 About the Book

A Mediated Magic: The Indian Presence in Modernism, 1880–1930 explores the ways in which Indian art, ideas, imagery, and cultural traditions intersected with the development of modernism between 1880 and 1930.

The book examines the exchange of artistic and intellectual ideas between India and the wider modernist world, highlighting how Indian cultural forms were encountered, interpreted, represented, and incorporated into modern artistic practices. It offers a focused look at the complex relationship between Indian art and international modernism during a significant period of cultural transformation.

With its art-historical approach and richly contextual subject matter, the book is useful for readers interested in Indian art, modernism, cultural exchange, art history, and the history of ideas.

✍️ About the Authors

Naman P. Ahuja is an art historian and curator whose scholarship focuses on Indian art, archaeology, and the history of South Asian visual culture. He has written extensively on Indian art and its connections with broader artistic and intellectual traditions.

Louise Belfrage is associated with research and scholarship concerning art, culture, and the intellectual history surrounding modernism and India. Her work contributes to examining cultural encounters and the movement of ideas between India and the wider world.