HISTORY of INDIAN ARTS – 11th Grade

Chapter 2 – Art and the Culture

Chapter 3 - Origin and Develo1pment of Different Forms of Fine
Arts in India

B.Monica
M.F.A
PGT – Fine Arts
 Chapter 2 - Art and the Culture
• Art and Culture nourished for long historical and pre-historical period
of time.
• Long period of time Values, culture are remain and maintaining its
existence and also handed overed to next generation.
• During 200-300 A.D – Vatsyayana – Studied book Shastras – Wrote
famous book Kamasutra – 64 type of art forms.
• Painting has been ranked 4th place – Art with six limbs of painting
named Shadangas.
• Pandit Yashodhar’s annotation ‘Jai Mangala’

Six Limbs of Art

Roop Bhed Praman Bhav Lavanyayojna Sadrishya Varnika Bhang

• Roop Bhed – Capability to differentiate scenes/Object observed by the artist.

• Praman – Proportion or exact ratio.
• Bhav – Expression
• Lavanyayojana – Grace of painting or knowledge of beauty.
• Sadrishya – Actuality/Reality of the sight scene.
• Varnika Bhang – Colour variation/Combination of colors makes a painting attractive and
perfect.

No picture or painting can be perfect unless artist uses all these six aspects.
 Chapter 3
Origin and Development of Different Forms of Fine Arts in India

• In India - Assumptions about the origin of

painting or art form.

• Found in old volume – Vishnu has been

regarded as the founder of painting.

• Self engrossed in charming of Urvashi.

• To propagate this knowledge. Vishnu gave

this to Vishvakarma.
• Bhagvatpuran – Chitralekha –
Friend of Devil Baanasur’s
daughter Usha.

• Skilled making drawing and

painting exactly alike only on
hearing a story.

• Created several episodic pictures

of Krishna’s grandson, Aniruddh.
 Human scriptural
• Painting are found in caves – Shelter in cave house –
Different human activities, Frightful and ferocious wild
animals on the walls.
• Biggest wall paint in India – Bhimbetka near Bhopa.
• Wall painting have been classified in to seven time-zones –
Out of them oldest fresco is of 10000 B.C.
• Second phase of painting in India – painted earthen ware of the Indus
Valley civilization.
• Sculptures and architecture where artistic skill and knowledge of this
period.
• Distinct geometrical drawing, strong hold and use of dark colors are
the identity of the painting.
• Ajanta, Ellora, Elephanta and Bagh –
between 4th to 7th centuries.
• Frescos painted in temple and monasteries.
• Contemporary world’s best wall paintings.
• Bagh-Caves are not impressive as those of
in the Ellora.
• Sculpture where given more important in
Ellora than paintings.
• Painting where done only on ceilings and
pavilions.
• In Ellora body marshalling and accurate
embroidery of both animal and human
beings are worth.
• Ellora 34 caves & Ajanta – 29 –
Aurangabad - Maharashtra
 Assignment – 2
Chapter 2 – Art and the Culture
Chapter 3 - Origin and Develo1pment of Different Forms of Fine Arts in India

1. Who is Vatsyana?
2. Write Six Limbs and describe it?
3. How many type of art form are their in book Kamasutra and specify the place where
painting stands?
4. Name the other name for painting which mentioned in book Kamasutra?
5. How was drawing and painting started? Describe its short story?
6. Who was Chitralekha and explain about her skill?
7. When was oldest Fresco found?
8. Where do we found biggest wall painting in India?
9. What evidence of the paintings are found in Indus Valley Civilization?
10. Brief notes on Ajanta, Ellora, Elephanta and Bagh cave paintings and sculpture?
11. How did initiation of painting take place in India? Where were the inititial pictures made?