Ancient Art

Introduction

  Indian art forms have continuously evolved over thousands of years. In ancient India, various art forms like paintings, architecture, and sculpture evolved.  Each region of India offered its own distinct style of art. The three most prevalent art forms to span India’s history are painting, architecture, and sculpture. India is the birthplace of many unique styles of art and architecture.

Outstanding works of Indian architecture, sculpture, metalwork, pottery, and textiles were done during the classical Gupta and medieval period.

Importance of art

   The art of the ancient world reveals a tremendous amount to modern historians about the culture, values and beliefs of these early civilizations. At a time when few people could read and write, art was an important means of communication, and a critical way to record important events.

History

Father of art

  Giorgio Vasari has been variously called the father of art history, the inventor of artistic biography, and the author of “the Bible of the Italian Renaissance”—a little book called The Lives of the Artists.

The Oldest Art in the World

  The Oldest Known Art in the World Is Spray-Painted Graffiti. The first paintings ever made by human hands, new research suggests, were outlines of human hands. And they were created not in Spain or France, but in Indonesia.

Art History of India

   The first Painting –

  The history of art in ancient India begins with prehistoric rock paintings. Such rock paintings can be seen in the Bhimbetaka paintings, belonging to the prehistoric age which is around 30,000 years old.

The Father of Modern Indian Art –

  Raja Ravi Varma, also known as ‘The Father of Modern Indian Art’ was an Indian painter of the 18th century who attained fame and recognition for portraying scenes from the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana.