5. The bronze statues created during the rule of the
are some of the best examples
of medieval Indian sculpture.
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In this article we discuss about the Indian Bronze Sculptures. The post deals with bronze casting technique, bronze sculptures in North and South India, and some of the important examples of bronze sculptures like Nataraja. As you rightly guessed, this article too is a part of the Indian Culture series based on the NCERT textbook ‘An Introduction to Indian Art’. In the previous posts we have discussed in detail about the Temple Architecture, Post Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture, etc. This is a continuation of those posts and the second last entry in the series.Bronze sculptures of India
We know that Indian sculptures were masters in terracotta sculpturing and carving in stones. They were masters in the bronze medium too.
Bronze is Copper + Tin.
The ‘Cire-Perdu’ or ‘Lost Wax’ technique for casting was learnt as long ago as the Indus Valley Civilization.
The ‘Dancing Girl’ in tribhanga posture found from Mohenjo-Daro is the earliest bronze sculpture datable to 2500 BCE.
Sculptors discovered the process of making alloys of metals by mixing copper, zinc and tin which called Bronze.
Bronze sculptures and statuettes of Buddhist, Hindu and Jain icons have been discovered from many regions of India dating from the 2nd century AD until the 16th century AD.
North India
Dancing girl – Mohanjadaro.
Chariot – Daimabad (Maharashtra) datable to 1500 BCE.
Interesting images of Jain Thirthankaras have been discovered from Chausa, Bihar, belonging to the Kushana period during the 2nd century CE.
These shows how the Indian sculptors had mastered the modelling of masculine human physique and simplified muscles.
South India
The bronze casting technique and making of bronze images of traditional icons reached a high stage of development in south India during the medieval period.
Among the Pallava period bronze of the 8th century, the best one is the icon of Shiva seated in Ardhaparyanka asana (one leg kept dangling). The right hand is in the Achamana Mudra gesture, suggesting that he is about to drink poison.Although bronze images were modeled and cast during the Pallava period in the 8th and 9th centuries, some of the most beautiful and exquisite statues were produced during the Chola period in Tamil Nadu from 10th to 12th century AD
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