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The importance of animals in ancient Indian art
Posted by NIVEDITHA WARRIER on OCTOBER 4, 2016
October 4th is considered as World Animal Day . World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually. So today let us see how animals have been an integral part of Indian art.
India is a land that comprises of vast mountains, planes, tropical forests, rivers, seas, deserts etc and it is no wonder that nature has created a deep impression on it’s inhabitants from a very early age. And this is prominently manifested through art, literature and in the thought. The people depicted animals in their art and made jewelry and clothing using animal products. Indian artists have always depicted animals in imaginative ways. Animals are sometime shown as friends, sometimes through heroic acts and sometimes inspiring humans with their good deeds. Indian thought is quite scientific when it enumerates the process of creation. The first four incarnations of Vishnu, the Lord of creation Matsya (fish), Koorma (tortoise), Varaha (boar), Narasimha (semi human-semi lion) indicate the earliest thinking of process of evolution as accepted by Science today.
In Indus Valley Civilization birds and animals were depicted in various ways. They are in different media and contexts and are in very large number such as metal figurines, semi-precious stone figurines, painting on pottery, seal engravings, amulets and beads. Almost all variety of fauna was depicted in Indus valley art e.g. Bull, elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, bison, monkey, peacock etc.
The importance of animals in ancient Indian art
Posted by NIVEDITHA WARRIER on OCTOBER 4, 2016
October 4th is considered as World Animal Day . World Animal Day is an international day of action for animal rights and welfare celebrated annually. So today let us see how animals have been an integral part of Indian art.
India is a land that comprises of vast mountains, planes, tropical forests, rivers, seas, deserts etc and it is no wonder that nature has created a deep impression on it’s inhabitants from a very early age. And this is prominently manifested through art, literature and in the thought. The people depicted animals in their art and made jewelry and clothing using animal products. Indian artists have always depicted animals in imaginative ways. Animals are sometime shown as friends, sometimes through heroic acts and sometimes inspiring humans with their good deeds. Indian thought is quite scientific when it enumerates the process of creation. The first four incarnations of Vishnu, the Lord of creation Matsya (fish), Koorma (tortoise), Varaha (boar), Narasimha (semi human-semi lion) indicate the earliest thinking of process of evolution as accepted by Science today.
In Indus Valley Civilization birds and animals were depicted in various ways. They are in different media and contexts and are in very large number such as metal figurines, semi-precious stone figurines, painting on pottery, seal engravings, amulets and beads. Almost all variety of fauna was depicted in Indus valley art e.g. Bull, elephant, tiger, rhinoceros, bison, monkey, peacock etc.
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