The Ideals of Indian art
Indian Art is the art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BC to modern times. Indian art is also an art of social, political and religious influences that can be observed in its modern as well as in its traditional forms.
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)
The purpose of art is that Indian artist’s heavily relied on religious scriptures to draw inspiration, prayers, fables etc.
Traditional art of India have always identified the female and considered sacred. For example this is why in many art forms there are paintings of Indian women dressed in white symbolising the purest form of India being mother earth.
http://www.art.in/indian-art.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_art (remembering this is not a reliable source “only posted the periods of art through this site”
Imagining India 2010 Welcome Tradition and Modernity students. The aim of the blog is simply to promote and facilitate on line discussion between students, and the posting of other items of interest that contribute to our exploration of South Asian traditions and modernities
Do you think that the way indian art is represented (i.e. traditional) suggests it lacks modernity?
ReplyDeleteIs there another way of looking at Indian art? Are there any Indian artist that challenge this perspective? Possibly look up the work of some contemporary artists and see if it is different