HISTORY OF INDIAN ART

Ancient Indus Valley: Harappa an unusual internet site presenting issues regarding both contemporary and ancient India. It includes special sections on Images, Movies, Sounds, and Harappa and Mohenjo Daro. Slide show - Around the Indus in 90 Slides - includes an essay written by Jonathon Mark Kenoyer, and the brief tour, A Walk through Mohenjo Daro. Around the Indus in 90 Slides 2. Harappa is presented by Omar Khan and Jim McCall. Excellent site - over 800 illustrated pages!

This site (Harappa) is an introduction to the ancient Indus Valley civilization of the Bronze Age, ca. 2600 to 1900 BCE. Check the Terra Cotta Figures from Harappa. Harappā was an ancient civilization - locality in the Indus River Valley in Pakistan - dating back to before 2000 BC. Archaeologists have found the remains of a city and evidence of a possible link between Indian and Sumerian cultures.

Ancient India: Art and Archaeology Monument of India. site by Michael D. Gunther.

Exploring Ancient Cultures from University of Evansville -- introduction to ancient Indian history and culture.

Indus River Valley - created by The William Penn Charter School Sixth Grade. Nice site for kids.

British Museum World Cultures - Go to Compass and enter India into your search - High quality images with excellent information.

A Timeline of India From Dr. Kamat's Potpourri. Timeline of Indian Art. See other timelines for Indian culture

Brief introduction to India -- A concise history of India from InterKnowledge.

Art History Resources on the Web: India Compiled by Chris Witcombe, Sweet Briar College

Taj Mahal - educational site. Facts, Taj Mahal Story, Legends and more. Author is Ms. Himani Kumar.

ART AND CULTURE - DANCE AND MUSIC

ART AND CULTURE - DANCE AND MUSIC

Art of India Visual and performing arts - a brief introduction. Comprehensive arts – painting, crafts, music, dance, performance. India from very early days, starting with the Indus period has boasted of a well developed heritage in all forms of arts, including architecture, literature, sculptures, painting, music, dance forms, and theatre.

Art From India This web site has been supported by the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia. Choose a reading level. Animals, court scenes, religious art and more. Quality images.

Architecture of India Nice overview of architecture of India. Also see Great Buildings . Nice photographs by Günther Eichhorn

India: The Living Arts - From Canadian Museum of Civilizations. Use the pull down menu to see where you want to begin. The images are all high quality.

India Revealed - Indian Heritage: Images of Fine Art and Sculpture Click on Sculpture tour or Sculpture index link at bottom. Site by Shishir Thadani. More sites by Shishir Thadani: India Resource: History and Culture - and Indian Arts and Culture (these two have pop up ads).

Himalayan Art.org. See Exploration for Kids - stories. Art of India and Tibet. Paintings, sculpture, textiles - See Sacred Traditions.

Manas: India and It's Neighbors - site has music, dance, art, architecture and more. Learn about the history, politics, religion of India and more. Web site created by: Vinay Lal Associate Professor of History, UCLA

Mughal India: Interactive web site. Great site for learning about Taj Mahal and miniatures - Check the Art Chest (a bit of science in section on pigments) and file cabinet (many images there). You can click and learn about paintings, coins, weapons, jewelry and models from The British Museum's collections. Don't miss "the Staff Room" - Several lessons are included.

Objects from India Find out about clothing, toys, religious objects, food, music, pattern and more. Page created by: Sir Robert Hitcham's Primary School, College Road, Framlingham, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. Learn about the maning of the bronze sculptures and the process. Learn about Hinduism - some background information.

Worlds of Wonder & Desire - Indian Paintings from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Exhibit traced the evolution of Indian painting from the 12th to the early 20th century and showcased the museum’s rich holdings of South Asian painting.

Kamat's Potpourri: The Arts of India by K. L Kamat. The Arts of India are the illustration of the religious life of the Hindus. See what all this site has to offer.

Kamat's Potpourri- Gatekeeper of Indian Art More often than not, the Hindu temples have painted or sculpted guardians at the entrance. Dr. Kamat takes a look at the gatekeepers as depicted in various art forms. See what all this site has to offer.

Philadelphia Museum Collections Indian Art thumbnails link to larger images with detailed information of each work. Indian and Himalayan Art. (Site has changed. Search Collection - Art of India or India. Search will bring up many images of works from India).

Art India.Net- Performance Art. find out more about music and dance of India.

Horizon’s – Art, Culture & Lifestyle of India - The Horizons - where you can explore the exciting and rich world of Indian art and culture. Learn more about dance, music and art. Art gallery

Asian Art- Online journal for the study and exhibition of the arts of Asia See Window of the Sacred World and other exhibitions.

Indian Mythology the site contains terminology many stories, a Picture Gallery (click the arrow to see all of the images). This is one link I obtained from CD by Karen Chace - a wonderful asset for the art teacher.

Tales of the Punjab: told by the People Many of the tales in this collection appeared either in the Indian Antiquary, the Calcutta Review, or the Legends of the Punjab. Scroll down to the contents. Many stories with line illustration. Another site available on CD by Karen Chace.

FOLK ART - FOLK ART PAINTING

Madhubani Painting (women’s folk painting). An on-line exhibit of folk paintings by women artists who live in the Madhubani district of Northern India. University of Florida. Links for more information - check Women Artists for images (Good research information from Dr. Kailish K Mishra)

Folk Art: Madhubani painting Folk art of Madhubani from the Mithila region of north Bihar, India. There are different styles developed by different castes of the region. Commercial site - but nice examples (site for Shalin Craft). Mithila Folk Art Painting and more - from Indigo Arts Gallery (commercial site - this site changes frequently does give background information)

Mithila Brahmans – online ethnography -- Mithila is an ancient cultural region of North India lying between the lower ranges of the Himalayas and the Ganges River. See the Art Gallery Gallery of Mithila Art.

Janakpur Women's Development Center-- a talented group of women were selected to learn how to transfer their wall designs to paper. Maithil Paintings, an Exhibition

Madhubani paintings – University of Virginia (See complete list of paintings)

Kamat's Potpourri: The Folk Arts of India

Dolls of India - International Collection Lots of good information about India and Indian culture, too. See Dolls of Indian Costume - Indian Bride and Bridesgroom, too. Dances, Religious dolls and more. A commercial site - but worth the visit.

Textile Art and Craft

Textile of India From the Tai Gallery. These textiles were an essential part of the spice trade. They were brought from India first by the Indians and Arab traders and later by the Europeans to trade for pepper and nutmeg.

McClung Museum – Prints and patterns of India Over 50 textiles from the collection of Elsa Sreenivasam, Professor Emerita of Textile Design at Iowa State University, are the focus of this exhibition. Scroll down for selections from this exhibit.

Crafts of India – Introduction to Textile Traditions (history, fabrics, printing and products) The origin of Indian textiles can be traced to the Indus valley civilization. The people of this civilization used homespun cotton for weaving their garments.

Crafts in India See all of the different crafts this site has to offer. Wood boxes, pottery, furniture and more.

Kamat's Potpourri: Handicrafts of India

Contemporary Indian Art

Contemporary Art of India See Tyeb Mehta - work is in high demand. More of Mehta's work can be found on line. Browse other artists to find suitable ones to share with students.

Gallery Espace - Contemporary Indian Art

Indian Art.com Indian art and crafts. List of artists Browse and select suitable art for your students.

Shahzia Sikander Pakistani artist (now living in the US) Specializes in Indian and Persian miniature painting, a traditional style that is both highly stylized and disciplined. PBS.org Art21

Indian Heritage

Indian Heritage is a non-commercial site, wherein I attempt to collect and provide information on all topics relating to Indian art, culture and tradition in my spare time.

Information has been collected & compiled from books, media, professionals in the related fields. My thanks to all those who have helped me in this venture.

I make no claims that I have provided all the details on Indian Heritage & Culture. I am aware that there are several important topics that I have not covered, but this is not out of indifference to the subject, but lack of time to collect & cross check the information. I am however constantly adding new information under all categories.

Indian Paintings

Painting as an art form has flourished in India from very early periods as is evident from literary sources and also from the remnants that have been discovered.

Indian Paintings can be broadly classified as the murals & miniatures. Murals are huge works executed on the walls of solid structures. Classic examples are the paintings in Ajantha & Kailasantaha temple.

Miniature paintings are those executed on a very small scale on perishable material such as paper, cloth, etc., Though this style had been perfected by artisans under the various rules, not many remain today. Prime examples are the Rajasthani & Mughal miniatures.

Contemporary artists have kept up to the times & excel in their modern works, giving free expression to their imagination & artistic liberty.

	Ajanta murals
	Temple murals
	Kerala Fine Arts - www.kerala.com/kerala_arts/arts_kerala_finearts.php Murals - www.kerala.com/kerala_arts/keralamurals.php
	Chitramathil or the Wall of Cement Murals is on the walls of Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, and a small hamlet in Ernakulam District of Kerala, India and also the birthplace of Jagadguru Adi Sankaracharya. It was a masterpiece creation of artist K.K.Suresh. It is 1200x 5 ft. long, unique compound wall around university campus depicting various themes from Hindu Mythology and Puranas. It received an entry in the Limca Book of Records (ref. Pg.93) for being the longest Mural Wall. www.kerala.com:80/kerala_arts/muralarts.php
	Raja Ravi Varma's paintings
	Miniature Paintings
	Tanjore Painting - Tamilnadu
	Madhubani Painting - Bihar Link to website on Madhubani paintings http://www.southasianist.info/india/mithila/index.html
	Kalamkari Painting - Kalahasti, Masulipatnam, Andhra Pradesh Kalamkari Unit in Kalakshetra
	Pithoro Painting - Gujarat

Contemporary Works

	Sumathi's works Images of 108 Ganeshas - paintings in traditional styles sketches of sculptures, paintings done in Indian styles art work on CDs
	Sanatan Society is an association of students of the late Harish Johari, joining efforts to promote his teachings of Hindu philosophy, yoga, tantra, worship and love. Harish Johari was a successful author, a gifted painter and sculptor, a lifetime scholar, an inspiring teacher, a splendid cook, an ayurvedic massage miracle, a wonderful chanter of mantras and a unique composer of Indian music. He is the inspiration for the entire sanatan society project and the painting tradition that is predominant in the site, which is justly named the Harish Johari Painting Tradition www.sanatansociety.org
	One of the last living pioneer of the orient arts (Bengal School), Sanat Chatterjee is an artist, sculptor, and is known for his exceptional detailing abilities and ambrosial compositions www.sanat.in
	Traditional Patachitra from Orissa by Priyanka Mishra
	www.indianmasterpainters.com promotes contemporary Indian painters and artists
	Masters Collection Art Gallery - Masters Collection is a 10 year old art gallery based in Kolkata. The gallery offers selected contemporary Indian art of renowned & emerging artists from India www.myindianart.com
	collection of tanjore & miniture paintings www.giftpaintings.com
	Visuals of paintings on the theme,"The Supreme power AUM" by Jayesh Kansara, Baroda, India
	Reena Bhandari has been working as a professional painter since 2000. She works on oil paintings, water colours, Indian art, Europeon art etc. and is running an art school. Visit her Photo Gallery manishbha@yahoo.com
	www.aspireauctions.com a collection of miniature Indian paintings in September 2005 auctions
	www.ishopindia.com shop for classic Indian paintings, handicrafts
	www.chitralakshana.com provides information on the various concepts of Indian Art
	www.cnkarunakaran.com Karunakaran's works are noted for his highly stylised figures and the intricately decorative patterns that weave across the pictorial surface. Karunakaran started upon his particular idiom of heavily ornate, stylised figuration. Later, the figures evolved more, under the influence of Indian traditional murals and miniatures.
	www.21stcenturyindianart.com 21st Century Indian Art ...But within fifty years, the Calcutta Group and the Progressive Artists of Bombay replaced the old Bengal School art. Now there is craving for change once again in the new century. Who are the new artists of the 21st century India? who among them are setting trends? Who will stand the test of time?
	Geeta Vadhera's works www.geetavadhera.com
	S. Kanthan's works (Pen & Ink Drawings) www.saigan.com/kanthan
	Ilango's works (Oil Paintings) www.saigan.com/ilango
	Miniature paintings by Shalini, Delhi
	www.ganeshaonline.com Ganeshaonline is an art gallery wherein one can buy paintings of Lord Ganesha in various sizes, mediums.
	www.icons-paintings.com Hand painted religious icons on wood and abstract oil paintings by Ioan Popei.