Introduction of Indian art

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

History of Indian art from

13th to 18th century

Introduction to Indian folk

art
 History and appreciation of Indian art
(3000B.C-600 B.C)
 This period starts from IndusValley Civilization to Mauryan dynasty
 During this period we see a gradual development or change in art, because harappan period artist were skilled.
 In ashokan period, highly polished quality sculpted pillars formed.
 Traditional folk art transformed in crude mother goddess figures.
 In madya pardesh we got the great Stupa and sculptures of Sanchi by sungas with the help of kushans.
 They developed sculpted portraiture for the first time in india.
 There are few names for popular art centres: Mathura, Sarnath, Ujjain, Ahichhatra and others
 Gupta period considered as golden period because we got extremely quality sculpted art include seals, potteries, jewellery, tools, toys and statuettes
and other utilitarian objects.
 Divine quality religious and secular sculptures with perfect balancing, blending and imagination done by guptas in their period.
 Highlighted features in guptas sculptures: The slight tilt of the lip, the full roundness of the figures with accurate carvings and simplicity
 Ajanta painting is one of gthe famous painting during guptas period
 They developed variation in art by develoiping cave and temple architectures.
 In ancient period, artist done paintings in these theme.
 Dancing Girl : harappan period with 4 inches height by using metal
 Rampurva Bull Capital: maurayan period with 7 feet height by polished sandstone
 Black Princes : gupta vataka period with 20 *6feet height of the wall painting.
History of Indian art from 7th to 12th century

 It starts from after end of guptas period, or post guptas period.

 Art centres were shifted in Mamallapuram and Kanchipuram.
 Art were done by Pallavas majorly in Mahabalipuram on these themes include Pancharathas, Arjuna’s Penance, Mandapas, the relief
sculptures and many more.
 Sculptures shows gentleness which is done by Pallava, Chalukyan, and Chola sculptures for the first time.
 Cholas were famoused for bronze sculptures while hoysala period is remembered for stone sculptures.
 They are famous for their subtle poses, rhythums and movements in their art work.
 temple architecture named Haysaleswara temple at Halebid, Kesava temple of Somnathpur
 Ganga dynasty from east were flourish their art work in the form of builder.
 They built constructed gorgeous and majestic sun temple of konarka in Orissa.
 Paintings done on these themes are
 Arjunas Penance or Gangavataraan: Pallava Period with 91 ft X 152 ft by using stone
 Krishna supporting mount goverdhan: pallava period with 3 feet height by using stone
 Sur Sundari from sun temple of Konark : done by ganga dynasty with the help of stone
History of Indian art from 13th to 18th 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

1. Kantha painting in indian folk art is done through ?

Chain stich of different colors, miniature paintings, Kalighat Patachitra
Activity
Referencing

 https://drawpaintacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/A-Beginners-Guide-To-Painti
ng-Compressed.pdf
 https://willkempartschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/A-Beginners-Guide-to-Acrylic
s-Will-Kemp-Art-School.pdf
 https://www.nios.ac.in/online-course-material/secondary-courses/painting-(225)-syllabus.a
spx
 http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Courses/PaintingBeginning/BeginPaintSyllaF11.html
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