India Bazaar: Vintage Indian Graphics (Icons) [Paperback]

Bari Kumar (Editor), Samantha Harrison (Editor), Kajri Jain (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2003 | Series: Icons

THAT'S INDIA FOR YOU!KNOWN AS "BAZAAR" OR "CALENDAR" ART, THESE GRAPHICS ARE FOUND THROUGHOUT INDIA ON POSTERS, PACKAGING, ADVERTISEMENTS, AND CALENDARS. THE COLORFUL PRINTS DEPICT SECULAR, RELIGIOUS, OR EVEN POLITICAL SCENES PEOPLED WITH ANIMALS, GODS, CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND HEROES. RECENTLY THEY'VE BECOME A HOT EXPORT AND HAVE MADE APPEARANCES ON CD COVERS, CLOTHING, AND FASHION ACCESSORIES AROUND THE GLOBE. PICK UP A COY OF INDIA BAZAAR TO CHECK OUT THE LIKES OF KRISHNA AND KALI, DULDUL AND BABA DEEP SINGH, THE IDEAL BOY, AND CHANDRA SHEKHAR AZAD IN THIS WACKY, MULTI-HUED COLLECTION OF CALENDAR ART.

Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Taschen (November 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3822826189
• ISBN-13: 978-3822826188
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #917,048 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A FEW NICE PICTURES, May 13, 2008

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Gauri-Pahari Das "Pahari" (Glendale, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: India Bazaar: Vintage Indian Graphics (Icons) (Paperback)

This book was dissapointing for me. I thought there would be a little more text first of all! The graphics start off beautiful..of gods/goddesses, beautiful imagery of a cow, then 1/3 way into this book, the pictures turn into straight up old fireworks ads(by the apparenlty only co. that sold them?) old lablel photos of fireworks boxes. Now, these images look very American and show babies playing with "submarine bombs" and the like...the pictures of these are quite dull. Then come the matchbook covers, only a few have any nice pictures on them, they are low quality and I am still contemplating WHY the author thought these particular pieces of "art" should be in this book! Which expains why the good pctures are in the beginning and the um...boring...pictures after. The cover is quite misleading, i guess defining that old addage of 'you cant judge a book by its cover'. Im glad I didnt pay much for this, I really dont know what to do with it! It is not of much value. I feel the matchbook covers could have been better graphics, and the fireworks (almost 50 firworks ads!!) were very boring and sometimes disturbing! I give it 2 stars for the few gorgeous calendar prints in the front and a small handful of interesting pictures which are of pretty bad quality photos. And I mean a small, a baby's handful...I dont recommend it. Theres 3 pgs of text. I was like THIS IS IT? Too bad you cant look thru everything on amazon. THE COVER IS A PRINT OF SHIVA PARVATI AND GANESH. Which leads one to think the whole book will be filled with glorious photos of Indian bazaars, maybe some bindi packages? Whatever. Its NOT. Save yourself money. Dont bother.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great nostalgia trip, August 23, 2007

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Kingsley Joseph "www.kingsley2.com" (San Francisco CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: India Bazaar: Vintage Indian Graphics (Icons) (Paperback)

The American equivalent of owning this book is stocking up on 50's memorabilia and Americana. It's a great nostalgic look back at the colorful, underlying optimism of packaging designers of small town India.

5.0 out of 5 stars It's Great!, August 26, 2011

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This review is from: India Bazaar: Vintage Indian Graphics (Icons) (Paperback)

I love this little book. It's jam-packed with terrific graphics: stimulating and inspiring. Not much text.The pictures speak for themselves. A wonderful reference.