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Listed below are a few textual resources of particular interest and relevance to kalamkari, textile arts, and contemporary cultural practice in India.

Kalamkari-related books and articles

Gillow, John and Bryan Sentance. World Textiles: A Visual Guide to Traditional Techniques. Thames and Hudson: Singapore. 1999.

Gittinger, Mattiebelle.
Master Dyers to the World: Technique adn Trade in Early Indian Dyed Cotton Textiles. The Textile Museum: Washington, DC. 1982.

Guy, John. Woven Cargoes: Indian Textiles in the East. Thames and Hudson: Singapore. 1998.

Homage to Kalamkari. Marg Publications: Mumbai. 1979.

Irwin, John and Margaret Hall. Indian Painted and Printed Fabrics. Calico Museum of Textiles: Ahmedabad. 1971.

Irwin, John and Katherine Brett. Origins of Chintz. Victoria and Albert Museum: London, 1971.

Journal of Indian Textile History, volumes I to VII. Ed. by John Irwin, Gira Sarabhai and Pupul Jayakar. Calico Museum of Textiles/Sarabhai Foundation: Ahmedabad. First Reprint 1997.

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay: A True Karmayogi. Ed. by M.V. Narayana Rao. The Crafts Council of Karnataka: Bangalore. 2003.

Mohanty, Bijoy Chandra et al.
Natural Dyeing Processes of India. (from the Studies in Contemporary Textile Crafts of India series.) Calico Museum of Textiles: Ahmedabad. 1987.

Nanda, Reena. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya: A Biography. Oxford University Press: New Delhi. 2002.

Sethna, Nelly H.
Kalamkari: Painted and Printed Fabrics from Andhra Pradesh. (from the Living Traditions of India series.) Mapin International, Inc.: New York. 1985.

Varadarajan, Lotika. South Indian Traditions of Kalamkari. National Institute of Design: Ahmedabad. 1982.

Contemporary Indian textile, art books and related articles

Cloth and Human Experience.
Ed. by. Annette B. Weiner and Jane Schneider. Smithsonian Books: Washington. 1989.

Contemporary Indian Art: Other Realitites.
Ed. by. Yashodhara Dalmia. Marg Publications: Mumbai. 2002.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art (previously titled Why Exhibit Works of Art?). Dover Publications, Inc.: New York. 1956.

Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. The Transformation of Nature in Art: Theories of art in Indian, Chinese, and European art; iconography, ideal representation, perspective and space relations. Dover Publications: New York. 1934.


Dehejia, Vidya. Indian Art. Phaidon: New York, 1997.

How Latitudes Become Forms: Art in a Global Age. (exhibition catalogue.) Walker Art Center: Minneapolis. 2003.

Kapur, Geeta. When Was Modernism: Essays on Contemporary Cultural Practice in India. Tulika Books: New Delhi. 2000.

Mitter, Partha.
Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to Indian Art. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 1992.

Mitter, Partha. Art and Nationalism. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1995.

Reflections on 2000: The Arts in India
. Ed. by Pratapaditya Pal. Marg Publications: Mumbai. 2000.

Tarlo, Emma. Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago. 1996.

Textiles from India: The Global Trade. Ed. by Rosemary Crill. Seagull Books: Calcutta, 2006.

Towards A New Art History: Studies in Indian Art. Ed. by Parul Dave Mukherji et al. D.K. Printworld: New Delhi, 2003.