subject: Indian Art- A Perfect Blend Of Indian Tradition And Modern Art [print this page] India the land of culture, spices, art and intelligence has many reasons to offer an exploration. With geographical and religious diversity, India has been the largest democratic in the world. A trip to India is a spiritual tryst with destiny. Art in India has been prevalent from classical times in the traditional manner. The palace of kings, old historical monuments and the famous caves of Ajanta and Ellora are the perfect example of traditional art in India.
But today India is said to be blend of Traditions and Modern Art. Human nature explains that he is never satisfied with the present. He insists exploration and modernization. And surely art is not out of the humans exploring globe. Not only exploring human hooks up the pieces of traditional art to modern art.
Art is said to be nothing but the deception of the society. Artists come from society only and portray things that surround them. Society is marked as the great influencer in encouraging or discouraging artists creativity and thoughts. An experiment goes on and on and on and this way tradition art gives birth to new thoughts and hence called modern art. The artist are inspired from the old age, they use that inspiration and reflects that in their modern painting.
Indian art is the form of nature. If you analyze the sculptures and paintings you will clearly see reflection of nature and you will be glad to find an unseen nature in it. The caves of Ajanta and Ellora are scattered parts of Indian art treasure. The emphasis that was made on the culture, old traditions, characters, spiritual message, denoting supreme beings and living styles had clearly presented an absolute reflection of views, beliefs and ethics of the artists and their surroundings. Artists at times also represented real human life offerings including youth, beauty, passion, love, emotion, pity and idealism. To explain the true meaning artists in process of contemplating is capable of translating formless substance into form and give them such a definite shape that touches the heart of the common people.
Indian art movements have been influenced by many rulers and the styles are named after them for example Mughal style or Rajput style. The modern art era was started be the revivalists. They revived Indias past through stories that was depicted in the form of painting. The paintings represented episodes of Sanskrit Plays, scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata. Modern art era in India has seen many reforms from various artists. Abstract form, Contemporary form, Fine art etc. all of them were revitalized form scratch to top. The modern art also bridged the art styles of Indian and European painting. In the first instance most painting may not be recognized as Indian but in the true sense of term there nature is very much Indian and they reflect the very soul of Indians.
There are no boundaries that can be created for art be it traditional or modern, there is no limit to what we can expect from these pieces. The variety of form and attitude that characterizes art at times often earns negative reactions but yet it has more relevance to our lives. Be it past or present. The blend if traditional and modern art, Indian Art has got a significant recognition among the all art forms.
