Wall-Culture

ISBN-13: 9783659210495 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 76 str.

Tapas Pal

Opis

A Wall can speak, bear and reflect vital facts in respect of time geography (combination of space and time).Wall in our society bears a cultural atmosphere. Different arts, paintings, architectures, graffiti, parietal/rock-art on Walls, even the materials those are used to make sporadic walls bear the cultural-arena. From the Paleolithic (2.6 million years ago) to recent, Walls are being used in diverse purposes. From the cave-walls to kingdom walls (palaces of different kings), tribal houses wall to modern houses, offices, hospitals, boundary-walls, shopping malls, schools, colleges, cinema halls, temples, mosques, churches, bed rooms, kitchens even on bath-rooms wall etc. abide, reflect and speak their surroundings cultural perception with respect to time. This book encompasses the cultural reflection of Walls i.e Wall-Culture in our civilization and that would be the neo-corona and Dawn in our cultural geography.

O autorze

He is a Senior Research Fellow (UGC) of Deptt. of Geography, Visva-Bharati, India, an Environmentalist, Folk & Fringe Geographer, Singer, Poet and Photographer. He has the experience of an ADVENTUROUS STATE-WIDE EXTENSIVE SURVEY (covered 6,031 kms.) of West Bengal on Bike for 37 Days; that is the pioneer in Geography.