Modern Nepalese Poems and Paintings: Canons and Contexts
The article's aim is to explore the commonalities in the artistic experiences of the poets and artists in Nepal. It discusses some selected landmarks that are very important from the point of view of introducing the new modes in poetry and art. The subject of the study is modern Nepalese poems and paintings. The article discusses most of the leading painters but could not accommodate all the poets who have written well-known poems in the modern period. It includes translated verses of poems in English. The article concludes that closer ties between the poets and the painters will create new awareness about the creative experience and the relevance of other mediums for the enrichment of each one's own art form. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-18)