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Grade 8 Students
 Arts in
South, Central and
West Asia
REMINDERS DURING THE VIDEO LESSON

1. Watch and listen carefully

2. Be honest
3. Prepare your papers and pen
4. Don’t forget your learning packets
5. Have fun and enjoy
THE MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES

1. Identifies characteristic of arts and crafts of

South, Central and West Asia
2. Creates arts and crafts that can be locally
assembled with local materials, guided by local
traditional techniques
3. Reflect the mood, idea or message of arts and
crafts of South, Central and West Asia
 Pre-Assessment

4 PICS 1 WORD
GAMEPLAY

4 Pics 1 Word's gameplay is

very simple: each level displays
four pictures linked by one
word - the player's aim is to
work out what the word is,
from a set of letters given
below the pictures.
T I B E T
I ND I A
P AK I STAN
TR UC K
AR T
R ANG OL I
Elements of Arts
Principles of Arts
 Arts and Crafts of
South and Central Asia
 INDIA
• Officially the Republic of
India
• It is the second most
populous country
• Seventh-largest country by
land area
• Most populous democracy in
the world
PERIODS OF INDIAN ARTS
• Ancient period
• Classical period
• Islamic Ascendancy or
Transitional period
• Mogul period
 Ancient Period
• Bronze and Copper statuettes and steatite seal
• Ajanta Caves of
Maharashtra – are 30
rock cut cave
monument that date
back from the 2nd
century BCE to the
600 CE, including
paintings and sculpture.
 Classical Period
• Shiva, the destroyer, develops into
Shiva the Cosmic-dancer represent by
four-armed figure. One hand holds the
fire with which he destroys, another
holds the drum, which is the first
sound heard in the world during the
creation, then the third arm points up
in a reassuring gesture, and a fourth
arm points down to the dwarf in which
he dances.
 Islamic Ascendancy or
Traditional Period
• This was the period of evolution Vedism
to Hinduism or Brahmanism
• The two great Indian epics: the
Mahabharata and the Ramayana, emerge
in this period
 Mogul Period
• Taj Mahal built in
1632 by Shan
Jahan in memory of
his wife.
 Rangoli
• Is the most beautiful and
most pleasing art form in
India
• It comes from the word
“rang” meaning color and
“aavalli” meaning colored
creepers or “row of colors”
• It is the art of making designs
or pattern on the walls or the
floor of the house
 Mendhi
• Mendhi is a form of body art
and temporary skin decoration
origin in ancient INDIA, in
which decorative design are
created on a person’s body,
using paste, created from the
powdered dry leaves of the
henna plant.
 Diwali
• Is one of India’s
biggest festivals
• The word “Deepawali”
means rows of lighted
lamps
• Celebrated by Hindus
in India and All around
the world on October
or November
 Kathak
• One of the main forms of classical
dance-drama of India
• Indigenous to northern India and
developed under the influence of both
Hindu and Muslim cultures
• Characterized by intricate footwork
and precise rhythmic patterns that the
dancer articulates by controlling about
100 ankle bells
• It takes its movements from life,
stylizes them, and adds the complex
rhythmic patterns
 Saudi Arabia
• Officially the
Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia
• A country in
Western Asia
constituting the
vast majority of the
Arabian Peninsula
 Carpet Design
• Is an oriental carpet made in the Arab
world using the traditional Arab
carpet-making techniques.
• Sheep’s wool
• Silk
 Pakistan
• Officially the Islamic
republic of Pakistan
• It is the world’s fifth-
most populous country
with a population
exceeding 212.2 million
• It has the world’s
second-largest Muslim
population
Pakistani architecture is divided
into four recognized periods
• Pre-Islamic
• Islamic
• Colonial
• Post-Colonial
 Truck Art

Across Pakistan, brightly colored flamboyant trucks

painted with images of idealized landscape, famous
personalities, flowers and trees
 Tibet
• Is a region in Central Asia
covering much of the Tibetan
Plateau spanning about 2.5 km2
• It is the traditional homeland
of the Tibetan people as well
as some other ethnic groups
such as Mampa, Tamang, Qiang,
Sherpa and Lhoba people
• Tibet is the highest region on
Earth
 Mandala
• Is a geometric
configuration of symbols
• Focusing attention of
practitioners and adept
• As a spiritual guidance
tool
• Meditation and trance
induction
 Mandala
• Mandala is a diagram,
chart or geometric
pattern that represents
the cosmos
metaphysically or
symbolically.
Arts and Crafts of
West Asia
• West Asia is rich in cultural
heritage.

• This is clearly evident in the

variety and quality of regional
arts and crafts
• Typical artistic forms from the region include:
• Embroidery
• Ceramics
• Wood carving
• Hammered metal work
• Calligraphy
• Inlaid wood designs
• Blown glassworks
Knowledge Test
GAMEPLAY

Connect and create a word using

the pictures as clues.
TAJ MAHAL
DIWALI
SHIVA
RANGOLI
CANDLE
Skills Test

Rango
li
Makin
 Material
Glue
Rango Bond paper
li Pencil
Colored Paper
Makin
g
 Diwali Rangoli Shiva
Lakshmi Diya

1.The art of making designs or patterns on

the walls or floors of houses
 Diwali Rangoli Shiva
Lakshmi Diya

2. Who is the Hindu Goddess of Wealth?

Diwali Rangoli Shiva
Lakshmi Diya

3. A four arm dancing Hindu Goddess

Diwali Rangoli Shiva
Lakshmi Diya

4. The festival of light of India

 Diwali Rangoli Shiva
Lakshmi Diya

5. Clay lamp to light the way of the Goddess.

Answer Key
1. RANGOLI
2. LAKSHMI
3. SHIVA
4. DIWALI
5. DIYA