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17 Cards in this Set
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The Minakshi-Sundareshvara Temple History
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built under Tirumalai (Nayak patron of arts)
dedicated to Shiva + goddess Minaski |
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The Minakshi-Sundareshvara appearence
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network of enclosed walls
33 million sculptures attention on gopuras not vimanas |
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The Minakshi-Sundareshvara gopura
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provide landmarks for pilgrims
divided into levels of diminishing size painted stucco impossible to tell how complex they are |
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Hindu texts written in the vernacular
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past done in Sanskrit
when written in vernacular, more could read, even illiterate could listen romantic encounters of gods and humans conveyed idea of bonding the human soul to the gods through love |
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Radha and Krishna in the Grove
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lovers lie on plantain leaves in grove
as they touch nature blossoms around them incorporates Persian and Western influences |
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Foundations of British rule
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Chand's kingdom under attack by mountaineers from Nepal-appealed to British for help
British East India Trading Company- gaining power since 18th c. |
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Mughal Rule vs. British Rule
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Mughal: european art= exotic curiosity, enjoyed w/o being fully understood or incorporated
British: art became part of program to westernize and Anglicize India |
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Late 19th c. influential British artists and patrons
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portraiture/ historical paintings
commissioned events from the past that carried moralizing/ ethical message architecture expressed greco-roman authority/ european thought |
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Late 19th c. Native artists
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english speaking/western thinking/embraced euro art
art schools taught western techniques to spread British traditions of learning |
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Ravi Varma
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European-style artist-entrepreneur
professional society portrait painter work in demand all over country built bridge between Indian/European traditions created new popular image of modern indian art paintings based on Sanskrit classics |
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The Triumph of Indrait
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uses euro figures gestures and composition
helped restore dignity of his peoples past |
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Hindu Deity Mineatures
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popularized growing pan-Indian nationalism
contributed to development of 20th c. Hindu identity |
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Indian independence movement
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swadeshi ("own country")
battling against Eurocentric thinking of british holding Indian culture in low regard opposed varma+those who embraced western art |
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Abanindranath Tagore
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son of high caste family
raised among literati of Bengal Renaissance inherited love of traditional Indian forms (book illustration) developed own style of painting based on Mughal and Hindu miniatures / Japanese paintings |
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Bharat Mata
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"mother india" as Bengali lady
icon of swadeshi movement |
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Krishna Defeats the Whirlwind Demon
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big eye/ all profile
everything is archetypal because of rebirth essence of life is not the particulates profile=baseline image |
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Maqbool Fida Husain
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studied calligraphy/ worked as filmmaker/ illustrator/sculptor of children's toys
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