History of Indian Arts

• Art is a natural human instinct to share experience, wisdom, and emotions, resulting in a beautiful creation, which is acknowledged as 'Art'.
• The artist's power of imagination, sensibility, state of emotion and his skills are crucial factors at the root of artistic creation.
• Visual Arts and Performing Arts are two types of artistic creations.
• Houses are often depicted in Indian art.
• Depiction of occupations is another common theme in Indian art.
• Human figure drawings are also a common theme in Indian art.
• Depiction of nature is a common theme in Indian art.
• The Sanskrit term for the first type of art is Drik Kala and for the second type, Lalit or Aangik Kala.
• Many examples of Prehistoric rock art have been discovered at many sites in the world, proving that the origin of visual arts is as old as the stone-age man.
• There are two distinct traditions of art, Folk Art and Classical Art.
• Folk art is a tradition that has continued from the prehistoric times, its expression is spontaneous and it is created by collective participation of the members of a social group.
• Classical art is expressed within an established frame of consistent rules, it needs a prolonged training to master any form of classical art.
• Artists tend to have their own method of working, known as the style of the artist, when a style is adopted by many artists over a prolonged period of time, it may become a tradition.
• Various art styles develop in every culture, which are characteristic of a certain period and region, such styles are helpful in studying art history.
• The art of painting and sculpting are visual arts.
• Maratha paintings is an example of art style, it began to develop in the latter half of the 17th century C.E and consists of coloured paintings that occur as murals and also miniatures used in manuscripts.
• Murals of Maratha style can be seen in the old wadas at places like Wai, Menavali and Satara in Maharashtra.
• The Maratha style was influenced by the Rajput and European styles of painting.
• Painting styles help us in understanding various things about the times in which it was developed such as the life style, attires, customs, etc.
• Painting is a two-dimensional art form, it can be done on various surfaces such as rocks, walls, papers, canvas of different types and earthen pots.
• The mural of Bodhisattva at Ajanta caves is one of the finest examples of the art of painting.
• Rock paintings dating to stone ages have been discovered in many countries, in India, there are rock painting sites in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
• The characteristics of the Islamic architecture in India include ornate carvings, domes, minarets, and arches.
• The development of each productive process has its own history, hence the syllabi of training courses of art design include the history of various industrial and cultural traditions.
• Ornaments, artistic creations of metals, earthen pots with colourful designs, objects made from cane and bamboo, beautiful glass objects, attractive textiles and clothing, etc. can be listed under applied arts.
• There are various professional opportunities available in the field of arts.
• Warli painting is a form of Indian folk art.
• There is a scope to combine an artistic creation with utility value to make it economically viable, hence an artistic creation with a utilitarian purpose is called applied art.
• Temple Architecture includes Naagara, Draavida, Hemadpanti styles.
• Rock paintings usually depict human, animal and geometric figures.
• The Kushana period saw the rise of Mathura school.
• This institute has introduced an online course since 2015.
• The arts of painting and sculpting are visual arts.
• Among them ‘National Institute of Design’ in Ahmedabad, Gujarat is a world renowned institute.
• Folk styles of painting include Hemadpanti, Maratha style of painting.
• The field of architecture, photography are also part of applied arts.
• There are a few institutions in India, which offer technical and occupational training in the above mentioned fields.
• Some of the production processes of artistic objects have a history of certain traditions.
• In the next lesson, we will learn about mass media and history.
• Every field mentioned above requires a detailed planning and meticulous management at every stage of production.