Short note about painting in renaissance period of india
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Well,
Explanation:
The Indian art of painting had almost died down in the nineteenth century.
the modern Indian art movement in Indian painting is considered to have begun in Calcutta in the late nineteenth.
But Abanindranath Tagore is known as the father of the new renaissance in painting. He came across Indian paintings and he felt a call to go after the old Indian artistic styles. He took lessons from an expert Indian craftsman and painted Radha Krishna series.
His masterpieces are: the Passing of Shah Jahan,The queen of Ashoka, Aurangzeb, Radha Krishna and Buddha the Mendicant.
Art in India was communal, deeply religious and followed traditions laid down in the Shilpasastras. Hindu religion conceived of the universe as the creation of the desire kindled in the one to manifest him in the many. Supreme Being created the Universe, and he breathed his spirit into it. Hindu art is based upon this philosophy. The artist must find the unity of one God and this is possible only when he is endowed with form because human beings are limited and finite and can meditate best before form. Symbolism was developed to express the multiplicity of God. The idea of a Yogi inspired Indian art and further God was portrayed in superhuman forms as he was not the image of man. Thus the Indian art is subjective while the Western is objective or materialistic. Indian art differs from Western art in its ideals as well as in its expression and technique. Western art is essentially realistic and representational, secular and scientific, while Indian art is suggestive and symbolic, religious and idealistic, where intuition and imagination play a greater part than the mere skill of hands and command over technique.