By:Robin Jeon
Fine Arts
Simple Intro:
Some fine arts in India include stone carvings, wood carvings, painting, goldwork, bronze-casting, textiles, and other artistic features.
Some fine arts in India include stone carvings, wood carvings, painting, goldwork, bronze-casting, textiles, and other artistic features.
Picture of Cholan-age statue of Shiva
Section 1 : History
The fine arts in India havea variety of art and some methods of stone and wood carving, painting, bronze-casting, goldwork, textiles and other artistic features.
Later, second millennium CE, most of the art in India had religious or mythological reasons. Some examples of religious artworks from the earlier periods still existing until today include sculptures from the Mauryan and Kushan age, for example, Cholan branzes, Gandharan Buddhist Sculptcure, art of the Gupta Empire, and the temples of Tamil Nadu with bronzes. The perfectly carved and decorated temples of the Cholan Empire also depicted stories of some of the King's victories.
The arrival of Islam, starting from the 10th century CE, North Indian art had a very different look. A greater emphasis was placed on some abstract shapes and patterns in paintings and architectures. Only in the Mughals, in the 16th century, reappears pictures of humans, in different settings and themes. Paintings of court scenes, scenes of Hindu festivals, like Holi, Krishna stories, Mughal clothings, settings and jewelry contemporary to the era.
Later, second millennium CE, most of the art in India had religious or mythological reasons. Some examples of religious artworks from the earlier periods still existing until today include sculptures from the Mauryan and Kushan age, for example, Cholan branzes, Gandharan Buddhist Sculptcure, art of the Gupta Empire, and the temples of Tamil Nadu with bronzes. The perfectly carved and decorated temples of the Cholan Empire also depicted stories of some of the King's victories.
The arrival of Islam, starting from the 10th century CE, North Indian art had a very different look. A greater emphasis was placed on some abstract shapes and patterns in paintings and architectures. Only in the Mughals, in the 16th century, reappears pictures of humans, in different settings and themes. Paintings of court scenes, scenes of Hindu festivals, like Holi, Krishna stories, Mughal clothings, settings and jewelry contemporary to the era.
Section 2 : Traveler's description
A famous art gallery, the Guild Art Gallery, in India is located in Mumbai.
Description: The gallery helps young artists in by giving them ideas of what to draw. The gallery now has a lot of artists going to see the art. The Guild Art Gallery has had dynamic shows, for example, multimedia art, photography, conceptual art, sculptures, graphics ,and paintings. The Guild Arts Gallery's wants to broaden the scope of showing the works of the artists they represent at various avenues like in exhibitions, collaborations ,and fairs. There will be continued efforts on the part of the gallery to find dynamic, young contemporary artists who have the potential to contribute substantially to the understanding of human experience given the right environment and direction.
Description: The gallery helps young artists in by giving them ideas of what to draw. The gallery now has a lot of artists going to see the art. The Guild Art Gallery has had dynamic shows, for example, multimedia art, photography, conceptual art, sculptures, graphics ,and paintings. The Guild Arts Gallery's wants to broaden the scope of showing the works of the artists they represent at various avenues like in exhibitions, collaborations ,and fairs. There will be continued efforts on the part of the gallery to find dynamic, young contemporary artists who have the potential to contribute substantially to the understanding of human experience given the right environment and direction.
Section 3 : Pictures of Fine Arts in India
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Section 4 : Map
Section 5 : Reference
-http://www.artslant.com/ind/venues/show/6021-the-guild-art-gallery
-http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/gallery/photos/12.html
-http://chennai.olx.in/raji-s-arts-on-indian-traditional-values-and-indian-mythology-iid-68937864
-http://harshitaarts.com/mugal-painting-artist-india.htm
-http://www.artalivegallery.com/contact_art_alive.php
-http://www.pbs.org/thestoryofindia/gallery/photos/12.html
-http://chennai.olx.in/raji-s-arts-on-indian-traditional-values-and-indian-mythology-iid-68937864
-http://harshitaarts.com/mugal-painting-artist-india.htm
-http://www.artalivegallery.com/contact_art_alive.php
Section 6 : Connections
Fine arts connects to Hinduism. Hindus believes Gods because they don't know who their founders are. Mostly all of the fine arts are about Gods.