Post on 02-Oct-2020
The Art of India
20,000 B.C. to 500 A.D.
HUNTING A DEER
HUNTING A DEER
•PREHISTORIC ROCK PAINTINGS OF BHIMABETAKA
•20,000 TO 5000 YEARS OLD
•40 MILES SOUTH OF BHOPAL
•NOTICE THE GRASS IN THE DEER’S STOMACH
PREHISTORIC GROUP DANCING
PREHISTORIC GROUP DANCING
•ROCK PAINTINGS OF BHIMABETAKA
•DRAWN ON ROCK HILLSIDES
•NEAR BHOPAL, INDIA
•20,000 TO 5,000 YEARS AGO
PREHISTORIC ROCK PAINTINGS OF BHIMABETAKA
PREHISTORIC CHARIOT OR PLOW
•Prehistoric Rock Paintings of Bhimabetaka
•Near Bhopal, India
•20,000 to 5,000 years ago
ADORNING THE SELF
ADORNING THE SELF
•Woman puts on make-up
•Wooden sculpture
•Indus Valley Civilization
•3000-1500 B.C.
Reclining Mouflon (wild sheep)
Reclining Mouflon
• Harappan, Indus Valley
• 2600 - 1900 B.C.
Dancer in Repose
Dancer in Repose
•Bronze Statue of a Dancer
•Moheno-Daro Civilization
•Indus Valley Art
•2nd Century B.C.
Lord Buddha from SarnathTemple Painting
Lord Buddha from a Sarnath Temple Painting
•Shows Buddha undisturbed by the evils and pleasures of life
•1st Century A.D., India
PANDYAN STONE STATUE
PANDYAN STONE STATUE
•200 B.C. TO 300 B.C.
•PANDYAN DYNASTY
•MADUARI, TAMIL NADU
•SOUTHERNMOST REGION OF INDIA
Bodhisatva with Lotus in Hand
•Bodhivista--painting from Ajanta
•Cave painting from Ajanta Caves (series of 29 caves of Buddhist monasteries and prayer halls)
•Ajanta Gorge on the Deccan Plateau, India
•4th Century A.D.
Bodhivista with Lotus in Hand
Three-storied Buddhist School
Three-storied Buddhist School
•From the Caves of Ellora in Maharashtra India
•5th Century A.D., India’s Golden Age
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Kailasa Temple at Ellora
Kailasa Temple at Ellora
• Rock-cut masonry
•Hindu temple•Dedicated to Shiva
•Life sized elephants
•Maharashtra, India (near Bombay)
Buddha, Ajanta Caves
BUDDHA, AJANTA CAVES
•Chiseled Stone
•1st Century B.C.
•Sanctuary to Buddha
•Aurangabad, India