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The Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts was launched on 19 November 1985 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.IGNCA is envisioned as a center for the study and experience of arts in the field of creative literature - written and oral; visual arts inclusive of architecture, sculpture, painting and graphics to general material culture, photography and film; and performing arts of music, dance and ...
The History and Culture of the Indian People is a series of eleven volumes on the history of India, from prehistoric times to the establishment of the modern state in 1947. Historian Ramesh Chandra Majumdar was the general editor of the series, as well as a major contributor.
The political history of the middle kingdoms of India saw India divided into many states, and since much of the grandest building was commissioned by rulers and their court, this helped the development of regional differences. Painting, both on a large scale on walls, and in miniature forms, was no doubt very widely practiced, but survivals are ...
It is viewed as an academic counterpart to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) in the United States, Canada, India, Australia, and other countries. [1] [2] [3] HASS graduates comprise the majority of the workforce in many developed countries (e.g. 64% in Australia). [1]
The arts are considered various practices or objects done by people with skill, creativity, and imagination across cultures and history, viewed as a group. [1] These activities include painting, sculpture, music, theatre, literature, and more. [2] Art refers to the way of doing or applying human creative skills, typically in visual form. [3] [4]
It also covers individually selected, relevant items from approximately 1,200 titles, mostly arts and humanities journals but with an unspecified number of titles from other disciplines. As of 2011, the Arts and Humanities Search could be accessed via Dialog, DataStar, and OCLC, with weekly updates and backfiles to 1980. [1] [2] [3] [4]
1500-500 BCE [1] Sapta Sindhva: Indus region (Indus + its five tributaries + Saraswati) Sama Veda: Hindu music and arts. Part 2 of the four part Hindu canon. Veda/Samhita: Sanskrit: 1500-500 BCE [1] Atharva Veda: Hindu medicine, magic, sorcery. Part 4 of the four part Hindu canon. Veda/Samhita: Sanskrit: Attributed to rishis "Atharvana" and ...
By the 1940s, there was an emergence of organised groups of artists in Calcutta, Bombay, Delhi, and Madras. There were some prominent organisations in Delhi which worked towards the promotion of visual arts in the country. Important among them were the Sarada Ukil School of art, the All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society and the Delhi Shilpi ...