Indian Art
Indian Art is the art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. To viewers schooled in the Western tradition, Indian art may seem overly ornate and sensuous; appreciation of its refinement comes only gradually, as a rule. Voluptuous feeling is given unusually free expression in Indian culture. A strong sense of design is also characteristic of Indian art and can be observed in its modern as well as in its traditional forms.
The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts.
Indian art can be classified into specific periods each reflecting particular religious, political and cultural developments.
· Ancient period (3500 BCE-1200 CE)
· Islamic ascendancy (1192-1757)
· Colonial period (1757–1947)
· Independence and the postcolonial period (Post-1947)
Contents[hide]· 1 Jewelry· 2 Temple and Sculpture-art· 3 Bronze Sculpture· 4 Indian fresco· 5 Folk and tribal art· 6 Visual art· 7 Contemporary art· 8 Music· 9 See also· 10 References· 11 Further reading· 12 External links [edit] Jewelry
Pair of gold earings 1st Century B.C Andhra Pradesh.
The Indian subcontinent has the longest continuous legacy of jewellery making anywhere, with a history of over 5,000 years.[1] One of the first to start jewellery making were the peoples of the Indus Valley Civilization. Early jewellery making in China started around the same period, but it became widespread with the spread of Buddhism around 2,000 years ago.
[edit] Temple and Sculpture-art
Main article: Indian rock-cut architecture
Apsara,Dancing Celestial 10th Century.
The earliest Indian religion to inspire major artistic monuments was Buddhism. Though there may have been earlier structures in wood that have been transformed into stone structures, there are no physical evidences for these except textual references. Obscurity shrouds the
The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts.
Indian art can be classified into specific periods each reflecting particular religious, political and cultural developments.
· Ancient period (3500 BCE-1200 CE)
· Islamic ascendancy (1192-1757)
· Colonial period (1757–1947)
· Independence and the postcolonial period (Post-1947)
Contents[hide]· 1 Jewelry· 2 Temple and Sculpture-art· 3 Bronze Sculpture· 4 Indian fresco· 5 Folk and tribal art· 6 Visual art· 7 Contemporary art· 8 Music· 9 See also· 10 References· 11 Further reading· 12 External links [edit] Jewelry
Pair of gold earings 1st Century B.C Andhra Pradesh.
The Indian subcontinent has the longest continuous legacy of jewellery making anywhere, with a history of over 5,000 years.[1] One of the first to start jewellery making were the peoples of the Indus Valley Civilization. Early jewellery making in China started around the same period, but it became widespread with the spread of Buddhism around 2,000 years ago.
[edit] Temple and Sculpture-art
Main article: Indian rock-cut architecture
Apsara,Dancing Celestial 10th Century.
The earliest Indian religion to inspire major artistic monuments was Buddhism. Though there may have been earlier structures in wood that have been transformed into stone structures, there are no physical evidences for these except textual references. Obscurity shrouds the
References: 1. ^ Untracht, Oppi. Traditional Jewellery of India. New York: Abrams, 1997 ISBN 0-8109-3886-3. p15. 5. ^ "Ancient and medieval Indian cave paintings - Internet encyclopedia". Wondermondo. 2010-06-10. http://www.wondermondo.com/Best/As/IndMedCavePaint.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-04. · Harsha V. Dehejia, The Advaita of Art (Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 2000, ISBN 81-208-1389-8), p. 97 · Kapila Vatsyayan, Classical Indian Dance in Literature and the Arts (New Delhi: Sangeet Natak Akademi, 1977), p · Mitter, Partha. Indian Art (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-19-284221-8) [edit] Further reading · Coomaraswamy, Ananda K. (1914). Viśvakarmā ; examples of Indian architecture, sculpture, painting, handicraft. London. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924022942993#page/n3/mode/2up. · Havell, E. B. (1907). Essays on Indian art, industry & education. G. A. Natesan & Co. , Madras. http://www.archive.org/stream/essaysonindianar00haveiala#page/n1/mode/2up. · Havell, E. B. (1920). The Ideals of Indian art. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York. http://www.archive.org/stream/idealsofindianar00haveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up. · Havell, E. B. (1908). Indian sculpture and painting. John Murray, London. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924016181798#page/n9/mode/2up. · Smith, Vincent A. (1930). A History Of Fine Art In India And Ceylon. The Clarendon Press, Oxford. http://www.archive.org/stream/historyoffineart035424mbp#page/n7/mode/2up.