Arts of IndiaBooks That Have Appeared So Far On The Art Of India Confine Themselves To Architecture, Sculpture And Painting. In The Present Work, The Coverage Has Been Extended For The First Time To Include Music, Dance And Handicrafts Too.The Weighty Reason For This Is That In Traditional India, Art Reflected And Further Strengthened An Integrated Living. Temple Architecture Generally Provided Halls For The Performance Of Music And Dance, For These Too Were Ways Of Worship. Some Of The Finest Indian Sculptures Have Dances As Their Themes. Siva, Deity And Dancer, Has Been Represented In Dance Postures And Gestures In Reliefs Which Are Veritable Manuals Of Dance Illustrated Through Sculpture. Music Parties And Dances Have Figured Repeatedly In Painting. As For Crafts, It Is Not Elitist Art That Makes Gracious The Daily Living Of The Masses But The Art Of The Artisan Who Streamlines Humble Articles Of Daily Use Into Timelessly Enduring Beauty.The Textual Outlines Conserve The Essential Contours Of The Historical Evolution Of These Arts And Familiarize The Reader With The Masterpieces Of The Heritage Which Have Been Illustrated To The Maximum Extent Possible. |
Contents
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE | 1 |
Sultanate Architecture 13 Regional Styles | 15 |
Moghul Legacy 18 New Horizons | 22 |
Guptas and Vakatakas 33 Central India | 36 |
Eastern India 38 South India 39 Links | 44 |
Later Murals 50 Manuscript | 58 |
MUSIC DANCE DANCE DRAMA | 66 |
Krishna raising Govardhan hill Kulu late eighteenth century Chandigarh Museum XIX Ragini Saveri Guler late eighteenth century Bharat Kala Bhava... | 80 |
Mrinalini Sarabhai in Bharata Natya | 80 |
Padma Subramanyam in Bharata Natya pure dance Photo Sangeet Natak Akademi XXIX Kiran Segal in Odissi Photo Jatin | 80 |
Theyyam ritual dance of Kerala Photo Sangeet Natak Akademi XXXI Krishna Attam of Kerala | 80 |
Kathakali Entry of characters | 80 |
A Kathakali dancer in full costume and makeup | 80 |
A Yakshagana dancer in the role of Rama XXXV Patayani martial folk dance of Kerala Photo Sangeet Natak Akademi | 80 |
Integrative Explorations 71 Classical Dance | 84 |
Jewellery 99 Crafts and | 100 |
Mohini Bronze Western Chalukya twelfth century National Museum New Delhi XXIV Mallika Sarabhai in Kuchipudi XXV Swati Mahalaxmi in Kuc... | 80 |
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Agra Ajanta arches architecture ballet Basohli beauty become Bengal Bharata Natya Bharhut Bihar Buddha Buddhist built carved Cave Chandella Chola classical colour Courtesy Archaeological Survey created damsel dance dance-drama dancer decorative deities Delhi designs dome eighteenth century eighth century elephant eleventh century episodes epoch evolution fifth century figures flowers Ganga Gujarat Gupta Gwalior hall Handloom Museum Hindu India Indus inlay Jain Jaipur jewellery Kangra Kashmir Kathakali Kerala Khajuraho Konarak Krishna Kushan lyrical Mathura metres miniature Moghul Mohenjo Daro mosque motifs mouldings movement narration National Handicrafts National Museum Odissi Orissa ornamentation palace Pallava Parvati Persian pillars Pradesh Ragas Rajasthan Rajput Rama Ras Lila Rashtrakuta region relief representation rhythm sanctum Satavahana scenes sculpture second century B.C. seventeenth century Shah shape shrines Siva sixteenth century stone structure Stupa style stylised Sun Temple Sunga surface Survey of India terracotta themes thirteenth century tomb tower tradition twelfth century Vakataka Vishnu