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Introduction of Indian Art: Session - 1 (Part-I)
Introduction of Indian Art: Session - 1 (Part-I)
Introduction of Indian Art: Session - 1 (Part-I)
Session -1(part-I)
List of content:
History and appreciation of Indian art (3000-600 B.C)
History of Indian art from 7th to 12th century
History of Indian art from 13th to 18th century
Introduction to Indian folk art
Introduction of Indian art:
In ancient period, the art performed on the religious basis like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism.
After the first historic period, different zone in India performed different art.
In north India shows different characteristic features in their art under the Mauryans and
Gupta’s period
In southern India they flourished traditional art specially under the Pallavas, Cholas,
Chalukyans and Hoysalas period
Traditionally art done in the form of Indian folk art and fine art
First historic period starts from mauryan art
India developed traditional miniature paintings under the Mughals, Rajput Kings & in the
foot hills of Punjab, Garhwal & Jammu under the local rulers.
The Southern part of India also excelled in artistic traditions, specially under the Pallavas,
Cholas, Chalukyans and Hoysalas..
History and appreciation of
Indian art (3000-600 B.C)
Indian art
History of Indian art from
7th to 12th century
Growth of art is very low because of limited patrons, but they all are extremely skilled and creative.
In this period, artist focused on miniature paintings rather than sculptures.
In this period, artist used small size paintings like the Jain, Buddhist and Hindu illustrated manuscripts.
These manuscripts are done on palm leaf and are written in beautiful calligraphic art leaving
They decreased their painting size but not the quality, it is like inverse proportional to each other.
Highly skilled technical artist worked in terracotta and were very popular in west Bengal.
Many of the temples were decorate by this terracotta tiles.
Before 18th century artist done paintings on these themes
Guler Minature:tempra medium in 18 century, depicts symbol of divine love of radha and Krishna Jain
Miniature: Tempera on palm leaf in 15th century depicts Each segment narrates different sequence of story of
Kalpasutra.
Raslila, Terracotta: terracotta tile in 17th century reflects various cultural and religious.
Introduction to Indian folk art
Cults are important in folk art included Tantra Shakti, Vaishnav, Buddhist
There are three different types of artist present namely ritualistic, utilitarian and individualistic.
Some ritualistic folk art are Patachitra, Pichuai, Alpana, Kolam etc
Utilitarian folk art are decorative wood carving, embroidery, basket work, earthen ware etc
Individualistic folk art creates variation in art like motif of Madhubani painting, Kantha design and
Kalighat Pata Chitra
Artist done paintings on the following themes:
Kantha from eastern region: Embroidery on silk with coloured thread in contemporary
Phulkari from Northern region: Embroidery on cloth with coloured thread during contemporary
period
Kolam from Southern region: Rice paste and pigments as medium used in 1992
quiz
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http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Courses/PaintingBeginning/BeginPaintSyllaF11.html
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