arts Flashcards
where does ajanta caves located?
MAHASHTRA INDIA
the image of shiva?
-“THE DESTROYER”
-DEVELOPS INTO SHIVA THE COSMIC-DANCER REPRESENTED BY FOUR-ARMED FIGURE.
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the arm of shiva
-One hand holds the fire with which he destroys.
-Another hand holds the drum, which is the first sound heard in the world during creation.
-Third arm points up in a reassuring gesture.
-Fourth arm points down to the dwarf in which he dances to.
This was the period of evolution from Vedism into Hinduism or Brahmanism. The two great Indian epics: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, emerged in this
ISLAMIC ASCENDANCY OR TRANSITIONAL PERIOD
contributed to the enrichment of Indian culture in painting and in architecture. The most splendid example is the Taj Majal built in 1632 by Shah Jahan in memory of his wife.
MOGUL PERIOD
It is celebrated by Hindus in India and all around the world in October or November. It is the Hindu New Year and is either a 3-day or 5-day holiday depending on where you come from.
It is a very exciting and colorful holiday, where homes are cleaned to welcome the New Year and windows are opened so that the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, can enter. Hindus believe that she cannot enter a house which is not lit up, so every household burns special diwali clay lamps (diyas) to light the way for the goddess. This is why the holiday is also known as the “Festival of Lights.”
DIWALI
It is one of the most beautiful and most pleasing art forms of India. It comes from the words “rang” meaning color and “aavalli” meaning colored creepers” or “row of colors.” Rangoli is the art of making designs or patterns on the walls or the floor of the house using finely ground white powder along with different colors.
RANGOLI
Pakistani architecture is divided into four recognized periods:
PRE-ISLAMIC
ISLAMIC
COLONIAL
POST-COLONIAL
Around the middle of the 3rd millennium BCE, an advanced urban culture developed for the first time in the region. Large buildings were built
some of which still survive to this day like ________, ______, and _____ which are among the pre-Islamic settlements that are now tourist attractions.
Mohenjo Daro, Harappa, Kot Diji
Across pakistan brightly colored
flamboyant trucks painted with images of idealized landscapes. famous personalities, flowers, and trees turned village lanes, city streets. and long-distance highways into a gallery without walls; a free-form, kaleidoscopic exhibition in motion.
Other arts of Pakistan include painted chests and jars.
KOT DIJI
are known for making printed cloth. Printed tablecloths, curtains, bedspreads, shawls, and various coverlets were utilitarian and served as a daily-round omament as well.
Uzbekistan
Clothing, utility tools, yurts, and horses’ saddles, were always decorated using nomadic patterns and design.
Kazakhstan
have been making fabrics, utensils, musical instruments, carpets, furniture, jewelleries, and many other things for many centuries. The art of decorative carving is very important for local residents. Carving is mostly present in architectural monuments, household structures and objects
Tajikistan
jewelry making, woodwork, ceramics, and silverwork.
TURKMENISTAN AND KYRGYSTAN
The most unique and beautiful carpets in the world are produced by _______. These vary in shape and purpose. Carpet weaving is an ancient art, and each tribe developed its own distinctive pattern.
TURKMENISTAN
