LESSON 1:

PERIODS OF INDIAN
ART
 PERIODS OF INDIAN ARTS
•ANCIENT PERIOD
•CLASSICAL PERIOD
•ISLAMIC ASCENDANCY OR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
•MOGUL PERIOD
  Some of the evidences of the early
civilization are bronze and copper statuettes
and steatite seals which show vigor and

1.
concern for surface texture as constantly
characterized in Indian art.
 The Ajanta cave of Maharashtra, India are 30

ANCIENT
rock-cut cave monumentsthta date back
from the 2nd century BCE to the 600 CE,
including paintings and sculptures

PERIOD
considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist
religious arts, as well as frescos that are
reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri
lanka
AJANTA CAVES OF MAHARASHTRA
  The image of Shiva, the destroyer,
develops into shiva the cosmic-dancer
represented by a four-armed figure. In
2. the figure one hand holds the fire with
which destroys, another holds a drum,
CLASSICAL which is the first sound heard in the
world during the creation, then the
PERIOD third arm points up in a reassuring
gestures and the fourth arm points
down to the dwarf in which dances to
 THE IMAGE OF
SHIVA (GOD OF
DESTRUCTION
AND CREATION)
 This was the period
3. ISLAMIC evolution of from Vedism
ASCENDANCY into Hinduism or
OR Brahmanism. The two great
Indian epics: the
TRANSITIONAL
Mahabharata and Ramayana,
PERIOD emtged in this period.
RAMAYANA MAHABHARATA
 Moguls contributed to the
enrichment of Indian culture in
painting and in architecture.
4. MOGUL The most splendid example is
PERIOD the Taj Majal built in 1632 by
Shah Jahan in memory of his
wife
TAJ MAHAL 1632 BY SHAH JAHAN
 DIWALI
• It is celebrated by Hindus in India and all around the world in october or november. It
is the Hindu new year and is either a 3-day or 5-day holiday depending on where you
come from.
• It is a very exciting and colorful holiday, where homes are cleaned to welcome the
new year and windows are opened so that the Hindu goddess of wealth LAKSHMI can
enter.
• Hindus believe that she cannot enter a house which is nit lit up so very household
burns special diwali clay lamps (diyas) to light the way of the goddess.
• This is why the holidays is also known as the “festival of lights”
DIWALI AND DIYAS LAMP SAMPLE
LESSON 2:
RANGOLI
 RANGOLI
• IT IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST PLEASING ART FORMS OF india.
• It comes from the words ‘rang” meaning color and “aavalli” meaning colored
creepers
• It is the art of making designs or patterns o the walls or on the floor of the
using finely ground white powder along with different colors.
• Numerous household in india subcontinent make use of rangoli desigh for
decorating the courtyard of their houses
RANGOLI
UNIT
III
South, Central, and West Asian Arts
Lesson 3

Pakistan
 ACTIVITY
DIRECTIONS:
1. Recall some of your remarkable childhood
memories.
2. Using the three circles (on the next slide) sketch or
draw the places that have been a part of your life and
are of interest to the members of your family.
Example: From your house, church, malls, parks and
school.
ACTIVITY
QUESTIONS
1. Why are those places important to you and your
family? How were you able to reach those places?
2. What features made those places memorable to
you and your family?
3. How did these places affect you and the other
members of your family?
4. What type of lines can you see on your sketch?
 ART OF PAKISTAN

The name Pakistan literally means “Land

of the Pure" in Urdu and Persian
South
Asia
 Country Capital
SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES
Afghanistan Kabul
Bhutan Thimpu
Bangladesh Dhaka
India New Delhi
Maldives Male
Nepal Katmandu
Pakistan Islamabad
Sri Lanka Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
FOUR PAKISTANI ARCHITECTURE PERIODS

1.PRE- ISLAMIC
2.ISLAMIC
3.COLONIAL
4.POST-COLONIAL
1. PRE-ISLAMIC SETTLEMENTS
Around the middle of the 3rd millenium BCE, an
advanced urban culture developed for the first
time in the region, with large buildings, some of
which still survive to this day like Mohenjo
Daro, Harappa, and Kot Diji which are among
the pre-Islamic settlements that are now
tourist attractions.
MOHENJO DARO
• Around the middle of the 3 rd
millennium bce, an advanced
urban culture developed for the first time in the region
•Large buildings were built some of which still survive until
to
this day like mohenjo daro, harappa, and kot diji which are
among the pre-islamic settlements that are now tourist
attractions
MOHENJO DARO
MOHENJO DARO
HARAPPA
HARAPPA RUINS
KOT DIJI
KOT DIJI
Arts of
Pakistan
• Truck Art
• Painted Chests and Jars
TRUCK ART OF
PAKISTAN
▸ kaleidoscopic exhibition in motion
▸ brightly-colored flamboyant trucks
painted with images of idealized
landscapes, famous personalities,
flowers, and trees turned village lanes,
city streets, and long-distance
highways into a gallery without walls
 GUIDE QUESTIONS
1. Describe the unique lines, color, forms, and
shapes found in Pakistan’s truck art.
2. Give your impressions on how Pakistanis use
the elements of arts in their artwork.
3. Compare our Pinoy jeep with their truck art with
regard to the color, design, forms, and shapes.
LESSON 4:
UZBEKISTAN,KASAKH
STAN AND TAJIKISTAN
UZBEKISTAN,KASAKHSTAN AND TAJIKISTAN
•People who inhabited the region of present
uzbekistan are known for making painted cloth.
•Printed tablecloths, curtains, bedspreads, shawls
and various coverlets were utilitarian and served a
daily-round ornament as well.
ARTS OF UZBEKISTAN
•Kasakhstan’s visual arts are relatively young. In
ancient times, nomads used to draw on rocks. Today
these petroglyphs can be throughout kazakkhstan.
•Fine art in kazakhstan varies in style, direction and
genre. The most captivating work of kazakhstan artist
in different periods can be seen in museums across
the country.
ARTS OF KAZAKHSTAN
•Tajiks have been making fabrics, utensils, musical
instruments, carpets, furniture, jewelries and many other
things form many centuries.
•The art of decorative carving is very important in local
residents.
•Carving is mostly present in architectural monuments,
households structures and objects, musical instruments and
souvenirs
ARTS OF TAJIKISTAN
•When Islam came, tajiks carving gradually changed
to arabian inscriptions using images of people and
animals while some cravers prefer “vegetative”,
geometrical patterns.
•In architecture, ornaments in the form of lotus, tulips
and other flowers are more common
LESSON 5:
TURKMENISTAN
AND KYRGYSTAN
 TURKMENISTAN AND KYRGYSTAN
•THE TRADITIONAL ARTS INCLUDE FELT MANUFACTURE , JEWELRY
MAKING, WOODWORK, CERAMICS AND SILVERWORK
•THE MOST UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL CARPETS IN THE WORLD ARE
PRODUCED BY TURKMENISTAN
•THESE VARY IN SHAPES AND PURPOSE.
 TURKMENISTAN AND KYRGYSTAN
•CARPET WEAVING IS AN ANCIENT ART, AND EACH TRIBE DEVELOPED ITS
OWN DISTINCTIVE PATTERNS
•TURKMEN CARPETS HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY WOVEN OUT OF WOOL,
COTTON AND SILK BY WOMEN USING HORIZONTAL LOOMS
•THE METHODS OF WEAVING HAS BEEN MODERNIZED, BUT BEAUTY AND
QUALITY OF THE FABRICS REMAIN
•Turkmenistan is also the source of ketene, a
homespun silk that is used for the beautiful
dresses worn by Turkmen women among on
special occasions.
•The embroidery uses different patterns that are
as unique as a family seal.
•Keteni cloth is
an object of one
of the wonderful
traditions of the
Turkmen people
•Kyrgyz women produce a wide range of textiles, mostly from the
felt of their sheep.
•Nowadays, ancient patterns ate adapted to the tourist and export
market, but still a living tradition and that all yurts and most
houses contain hand-made carpets or rugs called shirdaks
•Large elaborately embroider wall hangings called tush kyiz are
traditionally made in kyrgyzstan and kazakhstan, by elder women
to commemorate the marriage of son and daughter
TYPICAL ARTISTIC FORMS OF WEST ASIAN
COUNTRIES
• EMBROIDERY
• CERAMICS
• WOOD CARVINGS
• HAMMERED METALWORK
• CALLIGRAPHY
• INLAID WOOD DESIGNS AND
• BLOWN GLASSWORKS
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS…..
HAPPY LEARNING KIDDOS….

PREPARED BY:
MR. DARWIN CABULLOS NAELGAS