indian art

MS Gopalakrishnan, who recently passed away was a renowned _________?
[A]Tabla Maestro
[B]Violin Maestro
[C]Sitar Maestro
[D]Flute Maestro
Violinist
Veteran violinist M S Gopalakrishnan passed away recently. Awarded with Padma
Bhushan among others, Gopalakrishnan’s career spanned over seven decades
during which he was known for his deep knowledge of Carnatic and Hindustani
music. His contemporaries include Lalgudi G Jayaraman and T N Krishnan.








Our country has long romance with almost all kinds of arts.The vast scope of the art of India intertwines with the cultural history, religions and philosophies which place art production and patronage in social and cultural contexts. Apart from the performing arts such as music, dance and drama, we have a kaleidoscope of visual arts such as architecture, sculpture, and painting. Whatever may be the art form, it brings to our mind a multitude of sensations through taste, emotion, and delight. The common word used for these sensations is called Rasa. In primary sense, Rasa means the sap or juice of plants and refers to the extract or fluid. However, in secondary sense Rasa refers to the non material essence of a thing. The nonmaterial essence is just the finest part of multitude of senses. The Rasa is the soul in a body of art. Like the taste of a sweet or smell of a perfume can be experienced, the Rasa is the aesthetic experience in context with the arts. When
it gives pleasure, it becomes Ananda or bliss. A whole gamut of our ancient Rishis and scholars beginning from Bharata to the eleventh century, Abhinava Gupta of Kashmir, Rasa has been theorized, developed, and commented upon.

Eight Rasas
Based upon the content of art, the multitude of sentiment, mood, or emotion led the the development of Eight Rasa System. The Natyasastra identifies eight Rasas with eight corresponding Sthayi Bhava (mood):
The above Rasas are depicted in the amorous sentiment in all Indian art—visual, performing, and literary.
On the upper level, Rasa takes metaphysical dimension and has been described as the joy resulting from an indescribable aesthetic experience. In such case, it has been called alaukika (otherworldly) and chamatkara (wondrous). A ninth Rasa called "Santam" based on the mood of equanimity and tranquillity, in which the knowledge of one’s soul forms the fulcrum, got developed during the times of Abhinava Gupta. In addition to the nine Rasas, two more appeared later in texts called Vātsalya Rasa (Parental Love) and Bhakti Rasa (Spiritual Devotion).




The earliest extant text that deals with Indian arts is Bharata's Natyasastra (Science of Dance), which seems to be 1700 to 2200 years old. It was concerned with dramaturgy, dance and music.





Akka Mahadevi
Akka Mahadevi was a prominent saint of the Veerashaiva Bhakti movement of the 12th century in Karnataka. She was born in Udutadi, Karnataka. A household name in Karnataka, she had said that she was a woman only in name and that her mind, body and soul belonged to Lord Shiva. Thus, she became
enamoured of Shiva’s icon in the village shrine when she was a young girl. She accepted the god
Shiva ('Chenna Mallikarjuna') as her husband, traditionally understood as the 'madhura bhava' or
'madhurya' form of devotion. This affection of Akka Mahadevi is similar to the charm of Meera of
Rajsathan and Andal of Tamil Nadu, the only female Alvar of the 12 Alvar saints of South India.
Akka Mahadevi is known for having composed about 350 vacanas or Vachanas (spoken free verse
hymns) in Kannada. The vacanas are scripture for the Virasaiva sect, which does not accept Sanskrit Vedas. The saints of this sect were called Saranas and Akka Mahadevi was the first female sarana, and about fifty other women yogis






















MUSIC

HINDUSTANI MUSIC
LARGELY INFLUENCED BYARAB-PERSIAN MUSIC


puppetry-----hira battacharya

BHARATANATYAM---MALINI RAJURKAR

HINDUSTANI VOCAL MUSIC----PRATIBA PRAHLAD

KUCHIPUDI DANCE-----VAMPATI CHINNA SATYAM



dance

This year’s edition of Ananya is also the official event to celebrate 150 years of the Archaeological Survey of India and will see a new outreach initiative that involves school students.

Ananya Dance Festival 2012 - a five-day extravaganza – will be held at Purana Qila from October 6 to 10, 7 to 8.30 pm. daily. 

The event, in its 11th year now, is organized by the Department of Art, Culture and Languages of the Government of Delhi and SEHER - an arts and culture organisation in association with Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Doordarshan.












FOLK DANCE----------STATES
YAKSHAGANA---------
TAMASHA--------
NAUTANKI------
BHAVI---------










Eminent Kuchipudi dance guru Vempati Chinna Satyam
passes away
 Vempati Chinna Satyam (82), an acclaimed Kuchipudi Dance Guru passed away.
 He was decorated with Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in the year 1998.





GARBA DANCE----GUJARAT

Given Name [alias]	Region(s)	appx. Period of Orgination	Occasion / Significance	Short Description
Burrakatha [Jangam Katha]	Coastal Region, Rayalaseema, Telangana	first half of 20th century	Regional Festivals	It observes tales from the Indian Mythology. In the performance, the main artist narrates a story, plays music and dance on the tunes. The co-artists beat drums and speak to him, enriching certain events in the story.
Butta Bommalata[mask's dance]	Tanuku, West Godavari			In this particular dance, the dancers wear masks of different characters and entertain people with their delicate movements, accompanied by non verbal music.
Chiratala Bhajana	Villages of Andhra Pradesh		Lean months of summer	Chekka bhajana is the most popular form of narrative art in Andhra Pradesh.Chekka bhajana is similar to kolatam dance in many respects except for a few differences.One is the use of "chekka" (wooden pieces) instead of "kolalu" (sticks).
Dandaria	Northern Hyderabad			A Gond legend behind this dance is that an ancient Gond hero Dandaria, a descendant of the Pandava prince was the original creator of this dance.
Dappu Dance	Telangana,Nizamabad District			Made of goatskin, a tambourine-like drum is beaten with sticks creating a rhythm that is softened only by the ankle bells that the 16 to 20 dancers wear.
Dhamal Dance	Siddis of Hyderabad region	12th century	occasion of marriage	This dance is ceremonial in nature performed especially on the occasion of marriage.
Dhimsa Dance	Araku , Visakhapatnam		months of Chaitra (March/April)	The tribal dance sees 15-20 women forming a chain & dancing.Women attired in typical tribal dresses & ornaments dance to the beat of instruments like Mori, Thudum & Dappu Plyed by the male members.
Garaga Dance	Coastal Regions			The dancers put on colourful clothes and hold a bunch of margosa leaves symbolic of Shakti worship.The adept Dappu players produce varying beats in Trisara.
Gobbi Dance	Coastal Regions		Sankranti festival	During evenings young girl's gather around these gobbillu to dance and sing. This dance is a derived form of Garba described in dance treatises.
Goravayyalu	Srisailam		During religious occasions.	The communal dance of the Shepherds. During their dance the males wore the black woollen cloth with effictive steps for cetain time and ater they move aprt from the festival region choosing the profession of begging.

PAINTINGS


Himalayan Thangka paintings
• Thangka painting is an endangered tradition of Himalayan Buddhist art.
• The tradition of Thangka paintings has roots in Indian paintings. It is mainly based on Buddhist themes.






CHAKIARKOOTHU FORM OF  FOLK DANCE OF KERALA
IT IS PERFORMED BY CHAKIAR VASTE

IT CANT BE TRDITIONALLY WITNESED BY HIGHER CASTE HINDUS
ITS THEATRE FORM IS CALLED KOOTHAMBALAM





renowned Indian Painter 'Sumahendra' who passed
away recently was a master of which among the following schools of Indian
painting---Rajasthani
miniature painting


DIFFERENT PAINTINGS


Ragamala Painting ,Kangra School of Pahari painting ,Rajasthani
miniature painting ,Madhubani Painting