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                                    Indian Art

Indian subcontinent has always been the reservoir of talent, be it in the field of art, science, literature, or any other field. However, special emphasis should be given to the famous Indian art and its various forms. The art work of this country, be it paintings or sculptures or even traditional arts like Rangoli or, has always gathered appreciation from people residing in almost all the parts of the world for her colours, shapes and forms. In this section, we will acquaint you with popular Indian art works.

                                                            Rangoli

Also known as Kolam or muggu is a folck art from India. Rangoli is a decorative design made in living rooms and courtyard floors during Hindu festivals typically consisting of bright colors.

Indian Painters

The art of painting in India dates back to the ancient times, as is evident from the cave paintings of Ajanta and Ellora. Many painters of India have received global recognition also and their paintings have fetched millions of dollars in international auctions. From the paintings revolving around religious topics to the abstract ones, Indian painters have covered almost each and every arena.

Paint of Abanindranath Tagore

Young Girls by Amrita Shergill

Paint of Jamini Roy

 Paint of Jatin Das 

Opinion: In every pice of art, the indian artist express the simplicity of life, also the artist used mixed warm colors to capt the attention of people. The indian artist is  truly sincere with their beliefs wich is reflected in their masterpieces.
 


                                     Indian Sculptures



Indian sculptures started from bronze and other stones. Sculpture of India has its roots from the planet’s oldest Indus Valley Civilization to globally celebrated modern Indian sculpture art. Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism and Islam in later centuries, the sculptures of India went on a new path.

                      

Opinion: The Indian sculpture is full of details, meanings  in wich are represented their beliefs, their traditionsin which cases are all ralted with karma, the aura and the cycle of live and also the reincarnation of life.

                         

Indian Independence Movement

The Indian independence movement

Was a mass-based movement that encompassed various sections of society. It also underwent a process of constant ideological evolution.  Although the basic ideology of the movement was anti-colonial, it was supported by a vision of independent capitalist economic development coupled with a secular, democratic, republican, and  pcivil-libertaria nolitical structure. After the 1930s, the movement took on a strong socialist orientation, due to the increasing influence of left-wing elements in the INC as well as the rise and growth of the Communist Party of India. The All-India Muslim League was formed in 1906 to protect the rights of Muslims in the Indian Sub-continent against the INC and to present a Muslim voice to the British government.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

 Mahatma Gandhi was an important leader in India during its independence movement, influencing people both spiritually and politically. He was born in 1869 in Porbandar in the Indian state of Gujarat and died in 1948. When he was 13, he was married to Kasturbai.

Militant movements

The first organised militant movements were in Bengal, but they later took to the political stage in the form of a mainstream movement in the then newly formed Indian National Congress (INC), with prominent moderate leaders seeking only their basic right to appear for Indian Civil Service examinations, as well as more rights, economic in nature, for the people of the soil. The early part of the 20th century saw a more radical approach towards political independence proposed by leaders.

   

  Freedom movement

The last stages of the freedom struggle from the 1920s onwards saw Congress adopt Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's policy of nonviolence and civil resistance, Muhammad Ali Jinnah's constitutional struggle for the rights of minorities in India, and several other campaigns. Legendary figures such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Bhagat Singh came to adopt political method of revolution to the freedom movement, while others like Swami Sahajanand Saraswati wanted both political and economic freedom for India's peasants and toiling masses.

  

Subhas Chandra Bose   

                                              

Bhagat Singh

Artistic Movement

India has a rich cultural history in visual arts as well as in music.  This amazing timeline was created by the Rubin Museum (The Rubin Museum of Art is dedicated to the collection, display, and preservation of the art of the Himalayas and surrounding regions, especially Tibetan art.).

This timeline presents significant events in modern Indian art and in modern Indian history from the middle 19th century through the late 1990s. Visitors can explore highlighted dates and see how historical, political, social and economic events intersect and diverge from developments in modernist art in India.

http://www.tiki-toki.com/timeline/entry/6308/The-Modernist-Art-Movement-from-India/#vars!date=1997-07-30_11:25:54!  

Art, music and literature of India

Indian Art is the visual art produced on the Indian subcontinent from about the 3rd millennium BCE to modern times.

The earliest Indian religion to inspire major artistic monuments was Buddhism.

Buddhist art first developed during the Gandhara period and Amaravati Periods around the 1st century BCE. It flourished greatly during the Gupta Periods and Pala Periods that comprise the Golden Age of India.

The building of free-standing structures began in the 5th century, while rock-cut temples continued to be excavated until the 12th century. An example is the Shore Temple, a part of the Mahabalipuram World Heritage Site.

Jewelry: The Indian subcontinent has the longest continuous legacy of jewelry-making, with a history of over 5,000 years. One of the first to start jewelry-making was the peoples of the Indus Valley Civilization.

Since pre-historic times, people in India have had a penchant for adorning themselves with jewellery. Gold, silver, stones, gems, etc. Those were the defining aspects of Indian jewellery.

The Indian jewelry is varied in styles and designs. Different states have different styles of Indian jewelry that are unique to that state and are not found anywhere else. And Indian jewelry has a variety of ornaments in different styles and designs for just about every part of the body.

Folk and tribal art: India had always been known as the land that portrayed cultural and traditional vibrancy through its conventional arts and crafts. Every region in India has its own style and pattern of art, which is known as folk art. Other than folk art, there is yet another form of traditional art practiced by several tribes or rural population, which is classified as tribal art. The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the country's rich heritage. The objects can range from sculpture, masks (used in rituals and ceremonies), paintings, textiles, baskets, kitchen objects, arms and weapons, and the human body itself(Tattoos and piercings). There is a deep the symbolic meaning that is attached to not only the objects themselves but also the materials and techniques used to produce them.

The Taj Mahal built by the Mughals.

Indian Music includes multiple varieties of folk, popular, pop, classical music and R&B. Music in India began as an integral part of socio-religious life and that Indian music is essentially melodic: sounds follow one another expressing an emotional state.

Two main traditions of classical music are Carnatic music, found predominantly in the peninsular regions, and Hindustani music, found in the northern and central regions.The basic concepts of this music includes Shruti, Swara, Alankar, Rāga, and Tāla.

In India, music is most commonly associated with film music (Bollywood). Popular Indian films, whether in Hindi, Tamil, or any of the other Indian languages, are most often described and understood in the West as "musicals", as they are seldom without songs. Indian folk music is diverse because of India's vast cultural diversity.

Music in Indian cinema is a substantial revenue generator. The major film music companies of India are Saregama, Sony Music etc. Commercially, film music accounts for 48% India's net music sales. A typical Indian film may have around 5–6 choreographed songs during the film.

Indian Literature is believed to be the oldest in the world. So The Republic of India has 22 officially recognized languages.

Indian literature includes religious and mundane, epic and lyric, dramatic and didactic poetry, narrative and scientific prose, as well as oral poetry and song. In the Vedas (3000 BC-1000 BC), when one finds such expressions, “I am standing in water but I am very thirsty”, one marvels at the continuity of a rich heritage which is both modern and traditional. It is, therefore, not very correct to say that ancient Indian literature includes only the religious classics of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Jain narrative literature in the Prakrit language is full of erotic stories and realism.

In the 20th century, several Indian writers have distinguished themselves not only in traditional Indian languages but also in English, a language inherited from the British. As a result of British colonisation, India has developed its own unique dialect of English known as Indian English.

Hindi literature started with religious and philosophical poetry. The most famous figures from this period are Kabir and Tulsidas.

Gujarati literature's history may be traced to the 1000 AD. Since then literature has flourished till date. One of the most popular in the Gujarati literature is Mahatma Gandhi.

India is...

India, or also known officially as "Republic of India" is a state located in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country and the second most populous in the world. It borders the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east, along a coastline of over 7517 kilometers. India also borders Pakistan to the west, the north with China, Nepal and Bhutan and east by Bangladesh and Burma. Moreover, India is located near the islands of Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia. Its capital is New Delhi and its largest city is Mumbai.
India is a historical region for its trade routes and empires, the four major world religions include Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence which was marked by a movement of non violence.

India is a republic consisting of 28 states and seven union territories with a parliamentary democracy system. It has the 11th largest economy in the world in nominal terms. Economic reforms have transformed it into one of the fastest growing economies, however, still suffers from problems such as high levels of poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition pandemics. Besides a pluralistic, multilingual, multiethnic, India also has a diverse flora and fauna in different habitats.