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His best-known painting, Bharat Mata (Mother India), depicted a young woman, portrayed with four arms in the manner of Hindu deities, holding objects symbolic of India's national aspirations. Tagore later attempted to develop links with Far-Eastern artists as part of an aspiration to construct a pan-Asianist model of art.
The history of cave paintings in India or rock art range from drawings and paintings from prehistoric times, beginning in the caves of Central India, typified by those at the Bhimbetka rock shelters from around 10,000 BP, to elaborate frescoes at sites such as the rock-cut artificial caves at Ajanta and Ellora, extending as late as 6th–10th century CE.
Archaeology in India is mainly done under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India. History 12th ... New Trends in Indian Art and Archaeology: S.R. Rao's ...
[38] [39] Most of the paintings from the historic period depict battles between rulers carrying swords, spears, bows and arrows. [39] In one of the desolate rock shelters, the painting of a man holding a trident-like staff and dancing has been nicknamed "Nataraj" by archaeologist V. S. Wakankar.
Archaeological Survey of India people (1 C, 10 P) E. ... Pages in category "Indian archaeologists" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Dhruvi Acharya (born 1971), visual artist; Ratnadeep Adivrekar (born 1974) Anurag Anand (born 1978), visual artist and writer; Sekar Ayyanthole (born 1954) Bhuri Bai (1968), Bhil artist; Ramkinkar Baij (1906–1980), painter and sculptor; Bapu (1933–2014), painter; Manjit Bawa (1941–2008) Madhuri Bhaduri (born 1958) Dimpy Bhalotia (born ...
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.
KK Muhammed was born in Koduvally, Kozhikode, Kerala in a middle-class family to Beeran Kutty Haji and Mariyam. Muhammed is second amongst five siblings. After completing his schooling from Government Higher Secondary School, Koduvally, he obtained his master's degree in history (1973–75) from Aligarh Muslim University and his postgraduate diploma in archaeology (1976–77) from the School ...