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  2. Material culture - Wikipedia

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    Pottery is an easily recognised form of material culture as it is commonly found as archaeological artifacts, representing cultures of the past. Material culture is the aspect of culture manifested by the physical objects and architecture of a society.

  3. Modern Indian painting - Wikipedia

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    Previous manifestations of Indian art were brushed away as being "dead" and the stuff of museums; "from the official British perspective, India had no living art". [6] To propagate Western values in art education and the colonial agenda, the British established art schools in Calcutta and Madras in 1854 and in Bombay in 1857. [2]

  4. Cultural heritage - Wikipedia

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    Cultural property includes the physical, or "tangible" cultural heritage, such as artworks. These are generally split into two groups of movable and immovable heritage. Immovable heritage includes buildings (which themselves may include installed art such as organs, stained glass windows, and frescos), large industrial installations, residential projects, or other historic places and monum

  5. Indian painting - Wikipedia

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    Vernacular art is an art alive (contemporary art), based on the past (the myths, the traditions and the religion) and made by defined groups. Vernacular art is based on the collective memory of this group. Examples of Vernacular Indian Painting: Tribal Painting: Bhil painting; Warli painting; Gond painting; Santhal painting; Saora painting ...

  6. Wikipedia:Contents/Culture and the arts - Wikipedia

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    Culture – A collection of shared beliefs, values, objectives, and customs that define a group of people, such as the people of a particular region. Culture includes the elements that characterize a particular peoples' way of life. The arts – vast subdivision of culture, composed of many creative endeavors and disciplines. The arts ...

  7. Indian art - Wikipedia

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    Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk. Geographically, it spans the entire Indian subcontinent , including what is now India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Nepal , Bhutan , and at times eastern Afghanistan .

  8. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in India

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    Performing arts Kerala: Koodiyattam or Kutiyattam is performed by Chakyar and Nangyaramma casts of Kerala. It is a performing art that dates back to Sangam era. 00010: Tradition of Vedic chanting: 2008 Oral literature Whole India Vedic chanting is chanting of Sanskrit mantras or pathas. It is also a part of Sanskrit or Vedic study memorization ...

  9. Hindu art - Wikipedia

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    viseshakacchedya — art of painting the face and body with colored unguents and cosmetics. tandula-kusuma-bali-vikara — art of preparing offerings from rice and flowers. pushpastarana — art of making a covering of flowers for a bed. dasana-vasananga-raga — art of applying preparations for cleansing the teeth, clothes, and painting the body.