Kaladarpana - The Mirror of Indian Art - Essays in Memory of Shri Krishna Deva

About the Book Kaladarpana: The Mirror of Indian Art is a stimulative and perceptive survey of different aspects of Indian art, architecture and iconography. The book provides unparalleled source of insight into Indian art through the ages, incorporating the latest researches on the subject. The volume is dedicated to the memory of Shri Krishna Deva, who devoted all his life to the study and research of Indian art, architecture, iconography and epigraphy besides field archaeology. He left an intangible mark as an expert specially in the field of Indian Temple Architecture. The present volume, containing thirty-nine papers contributed by reputed scholars, is thus a befitting tribute to the memory of Shri Krishna Deva whose contribution to the cause of Indian art is second to none. The strikingly illustrated book is a significant contribution to the field of Indian art and is valuable for students and scholars alike.

About the Authors Dr. Devangana Desai, art historian, is the author of Khajuraho - Monumental Legacy, 2000, The Religious Imagery of Khajuraho, 1996, Erotic Sculpture Of India - A Socio-Cultural Study, 1985, and over seventy papers on various aspects of ancient Indian art including terracottas, Mother Goddess, temple art and architecture, Ramayana scenes in sculpture, and Buddhist bronzes of Sopara. Dr. Desai is General Editor of the Monumental Legacy Series on the World Heritage Sites in India, being published by Oxford University Press. She is the Editor of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai. She is currently researching on the Museum Images of Khajuraho, as a Project of Franco-Indian Research, Mumbai. 

Dr. Arundhati Banerji is the author of Images Attributes and Motifs: Studies in Early Indian Art and Numismatics and Early Indian Terracotta Art, editor of Harismriti (Papers presented in memory of Shri H. Sarkar), joint editor (with Gerd J.R. Mevissen) of Prajnadhara (Essays in honour of Gouriswar Bhattacharya) and over sixty papers on art, iconography and numismatics. As SA (Publication) in the ASI she is engaged in the editorial work of books being brought out by the ASI. She was awarded a fellowship to study the terracotta collections in the museums in UK. She was invited to the international conferences/seminars at Kathmandu, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Italy where she presented papers on the various aspects of terracotta art. She also visited Paris, Berlin and Rome for study and research in the various museums. Despite her busy schedule she finds time to persue her academic activities as is evident from her book on the Terracotta Female Forms: Tradition Innovation and Evolution which will soon be published.