Popular Art & Pottery: Caves, Sculpture and Pottery for PAR
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Popular Art
Caves
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Real beginning of rock cut architecture
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Ex.elephant rock cut at Dhauli, Odisha.
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Mauryan caves vihar
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Post-mauryan caves chaitya
Image of Mauyaran Period
Image of Mauyaran period
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Features
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Artistic gateway
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Polishing inside the cave
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sisters caves of barabar cavescaves of Nagarjuni caves
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Use of caves
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Vihar :rest places for monks
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Ajivikas: Jain sect, some caves were given to the monks of this sect.
Sculpture
Image of Yaksh and Yakshni
Image of yaksh and Yakshni
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Yaksh and yakshini sculptures
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Objects of worship in folk religion
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Places yaksh parkham in UP,pawaya in MP,
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Yakshini Didarganj in Bihar
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The sculptor in India took delight in fashioning his beautiful creations in poetic or visual metaphors in preference to direct observation.
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The surface of figure bears the typical lustrous polish of the period.
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Striking example of Mauryan art in the 3rd century B.C. is the handsome torso of a male figure from Lohanipur.
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The modelling of the figure executed in a realistic manner is invested with a wonderful vitality.
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It probably represents a Jain Tirthankara or a Saviour of the Digambara sect.
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Yaksha and yakshini figures are related to all three religions
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Hinduism reference in tamil script-shilpadhikaram
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Buddhism On the walls of stupa, there are so many sculptures of yaksha.
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Jainism In the Jain scripts, every teerthankar is found to be associated with one Yakshi.
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Their native style, distinguished by its simplicity and folk appeal is best represented in monolithic free standing sculptures of Yakshas and Yakshis, discovered from Gwalior and Mathura
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On the pillars of barhut stupa the figure of Chulakoka Devta representing its indigenous character and folk quality.
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Yaksha The two amulets strung on his necklace ward off evil spirits from his devotees.
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The back of his right hand bears an inscription giving the name of the sculptor.
Pottery
Another Pottery Illustration
Another Pottery Illustration
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Northern black polished wear.
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Maturity and climax in pottery making.
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Some silver pottery is found.
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Purpose of silver pottery luxury wear.
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Red and black pottery.
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Use ofcolours red and black.
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background color red color
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To draw some design black color.
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Hence the name black and red pottery.
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Not handmade but wheel made ware.
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Some plain pottery, which was more common.
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Some painted pottery.
Use of Pottery
Pottery Illustration
Pottery Illustration
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Household purpose
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For decoration purpose
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Proof some very small sized pottery.
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Cannot be used for household or storage purpose.
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Perforated pottery for straining liqueur.