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A path-breaking reassessment of the contribution of women artists and architects to the modern Indian landscape.
Post Independence, a generation of women entered professions such as architecture and design that had previously been closed to them. They emerged as a pronounced political force, becoming important patrons of art, architecture and public space, and increasingly became seen as the arbiters of taste and key shapers of the built environment.
The essays in this volume address these developments, posing the important question: did (and do) women produce art and architecture that reflect a feminine perspective? How did women, otherwise invisible and largely excluded from public spaces, gain a voice?
The contributors look at these questions through both the political frame of gender as well as through family lineage and dynastic connections, and their importance in women s patronage of the arts."
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Post-independence, a generation of Indian women entered career fields such as architecture and design that had previously been closed to them. These educated professionals emerged as a pronounced political forcebecoming important patrons of art, architecture, and public spaceand increasingly became seen as the arbiters of taste and key shapers of the built environment.
The essays in this volume address these developments and ask if these women produce art and architecture that specifically reflect a feminine perspective. They also explore how these women, otherwise invisible and largely excluded from public spaces, gained a voice in these male-dominated fields. A pathbreaking reassessment of the contribution of women artists and architects to the modern Indian landscape, "Woman s Eye, Woman s Hand"looks at these questions through both the frame of gender as well as through the frame of family lineage, with particular attention to the continuing importance of women s patronage of the arts."
