Folk Arts of West Bengal and the Artist Community
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TextPublication details: Niyogi Books 2011Description: ISBN: 9788189738952Subject(s): Folk Art | Visual art | West BengalDDC classification: ARTV
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The folk arts of West Bengal have always been a treasure-trove of folk art in diverse forms, which found expression in almost every conceivable item of village life in earlier days, starting from clay-built houses and corn-bins to folk painting, kantha embroidery on patched cotton, alpona floor painting, hand-woven sitting mats, hand-fans, dolls, terracotta horses, masks worn in folk dances and even moulds for making sweets. What made these items unique was the...
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