Art books online
vaibhav_arora| Sep 30, 2018
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vaibhav_arora
| Humble Genius
Sep 30, 2018, 9:55:23 AM

Art books online

Recently, while looking for detail of ajrakh, I came across a scanned version of pupul jayakars 'textiles of India' on MoMa's website.

Does anyone know if other similar sources exist for rare / out of print books?

I'm interested in Indian antiquities, textiles, art etc and also historical photographs.

thanks in advance.
Kolhapur Ganpatipule | Kinnaur Spiti Busventure|Shikharji|Jaisalmer-Khichan||Bhopal|Manali|Ajanta-Ellora|Bronze Nataraja|Maheshwar| Srirangam|

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dcamrass1
| Senior
Sep 30, 2018, 11:23:50 AM
Maybe help for textiles the The Calico Museum of Textiles has publications, do not know if this what you are looking for :)
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vaibhav_arora
| Humble Genius
Sep 30, 2018, 1:59:38 PM
Thank you, but I've seen their site. I'm not looking to purchase such a book online - but for reference purposes some have online copies available that can be searched though.
Kolhapur Ganpatipule | Kinnaur Spiti Busventure|Shikharji|Jaisalmer-Khichan||Bhopal|Manali|Ajanta-Ellora|Bronze Nataraja|Maheshwar| Srirangam|
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edwardseco
| Maha Guru Member
Sep 30, 2018, 9:07:38 PM
Interesting topic. One of my Aunts in law did such a book. I finally tracked it down and my spouse refused to spend that much money on a book:(. Its a hard time for artists..
#5
skids ghost
| Reset, yes please.
Sep 30, 2018, 11:13:14 PM
The USA Library of Congress has a pretty good collection of Indian Historical photos and prints.
https://www.loc.gov/photos/?q=India&sp=1
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#6
vaibhav_arora
| Humble Genius
Oct 1, 2018, 5:53:06 AM
Thanks SG - it was close, but textiles India, handwoven textiles India, etc return limited results in the book section. I'll keep looking, maybe british sources have more info?
Kolhapur Ganpatipule | Kinnaur Spiti Busventure|Shikharji|Jaisalmer-Khichan||Bhopal|Manali|Ajanta-Ellora|Bronze Nataraja|Maheshwar| Srirangam|
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edwardseco
| Maha Guru Member
Oct 1, 2018, 6:29:20 AM
British Library is all that I can guess. Doubt the Library of Congress has digitized that much on this topic..
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snotty
| The Silent One
Oct 1, 2018, 6:42:35 AM
I have no idea of what you are looking for as my knowledge of textile in India, or for that matter elsewhere too, is pretty non existent.
But if I were to put in some key words and search on google, I could get some answers - see if they are of any help.

Link1.

Link2.

I am sure you have tried these. But I have to make an attempt of helping out poor lost souls, no?
Sar Pass Trek , Rohtang, Munnar, Badrinath Kedarnath, Vaishnodevi, Goa, VOF, Kedarkantha, Kuari Pass, Brahmatal Trek
#9
vaibhav_arora
| Humble Genius
Oct 1, 2018, 6:55:50 AM

Originally posted by: snotty View Post


I am sure you have tried these. But I have to make an attempt of helping out poor lost souls, no?


No i hadn't infact. Man you're a genius!

This was not at all what i wanted but after i removed the extra word from your search and added something I made it to the mother-ship. So, thank you. :)

I'm posting the link of the site i found - it makes for superb reading - hours and hours of browsing fun and excellent reference source.

http://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/
Kolhapur Ganpatipule | Kinnaur Spiti Busventure|Shikharji|Jaisalmer-Khichan||Bhopal|Manali|Ajanta-Ellora|Bronze Nataraja|Maheshwar| Srirangam|
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snotty
| The Silent One
Oct 1, 2018, 7:04:46 AM
That is indeed a gem that you have found VA. Happy reading. :)
Sar Pass Trek , Rohtang, Munnar, Badrinath Kedarnath, Vaishnodevi, Goa, VOF, Kedarkantha, Kuari Pass, Brahmatal Trek
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Govindpuri
| Maha Guru Member
Oct 2, 2018, 4:23:51 AM
I have been a memeber for years. Good place to download out of print books on India.

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