By – Ram Kinker Baij)

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

By – Ram Kinker Baij) MANDALA ART In New Age, the mandala is a diagram, chart or geometric pattern. The meaning of the word mandala in Sanskrit is circle. Mandala is a spiritual and ritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the universe. The circular designs symbolizes the idea that life is never ending and everything is connected. The mandala also represents spiritual journey within the individual viewer. Pitt Artist Pens® are the perfect tools to create colorful mandalas. The brush nibs are ideal for drawing wide strokes and the superfine nibs create crisp, thin lines for outlining. According to Buddhist scripture, mandalas constructed from sand transmit. positive energies to the environment and to the people who view them. They are believed to effect purification and healing. Drawing mandalas as a form of art therapy can reduce anxiety, tension and overall stress. Drawing stimulates creativity and is a way to release emotional blockages personal mandala can also be a useful tool to decrease the trauma symptoms. ALPANA DESIGN Alpana refers to colourful motifs, It done with hands and paint which is mainly a paste of rice and flour on auspicious occasions in Bengal. The word Alpana is derived from the Sanskrit alimpana, which means 'to plaster'. Ingredients used in such drawings mainly consist of rice-powder, rice-paste diluted in water, dry colour powders produced from dried leaves, charcoal, burnt earth etc. Alpana is generally done on the floor and on the wall or ceiling. Alpona is a traditional, ritualistic floor drawing, popular in Bengal and continues to be an integral part of all celebrations – be it pujas or weddings. RANGOLI Rangoli is an art form, originating in the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or the ground using materials such as coloured rice, The purpose of rangoli is to feel strength, generosity, and it is thought to bring good luck. Design depictions may also vary as they reflect traditions, folklore, and practices that are unique to each area. It is traditionally done by girls or women. We can use commonly available flowers, colored rice, dry flour, colored sand or flower petals. It is usually made during Diwali (Deepawali), Onam, Pongal and other Indian festivals. Take equal parts of turmeric powder and rice flour. Mix them well to get a nice texture. This is one of the best rangoli colours with rice The reason a rangoli is drawn at the entrance of a house is because of it's calming effect on a visitor who is just about to enter into the house, in the visitor's mind, putting him at ease, making him comfortable and happy. YAKSHA-YAKSHI At R.B.I. New Delhi (by – Ram Kinker Baij) Yaksha, also spelled yaksa, Sanskrit masculine singular yakṣa, Sanskrit feminine singular yakṣī or yakṣinī, in the mythology of India, Yaksha-Yakshi that stand outside the RBI building in New Delhi today.This sculpture is made by ram Kinker Baij Ramkinkar Baij was born on 25 May 1906 in Bankura in West Bengal, into a a poor barber's family. Ramkinkar Baij is considered to be the “Father of Modern Indian sculpture”. Awards: Padma Bhushan (1970) Known for: Sculptor, painter Nationality: Indian Ramkinkar Baij, who died in 1980 aged 70, was one of the most important of ... a leading sculptor .
Recommended publications
  • Kalanidhi Kalakosa Janapada Sampada Kaladarsana
    ANNUAL REPORT April 1, 2014-March 31, 2015 Contents Page No, Introduction 3 Organisation 4 Formation of the Trust 5 Highlights 5 KALANIDHI 7 Programme : Reference Library 8 : Reprography Unit 9 : Slide Unit 9 : Cultural Archives 9 Conservation Unit 12 Media Centre 13 Cultural Informatics Lab 14 KALAKOSA 17 Programme A : Kalatattvakosa 17 Programme B : Kalamulasastra 18 Programme C : Kalasamalocana 19 Area Studies 20 JANAPADA SAMPADA 25 Programme A : Ethnographic Collection 26 Programme B : Adi Drishya 27 Programme C : Lifestyle Studies 29 North East Study Programme 34 KALADARSANA 37 Exhibitions 38 Seminars/Conferences/Workshops 39 Public Lectures 42 Performances 43 Other Events 46 REGIONAL CENTRES 50 Eastern Regional Centre, Varanasi 50 Southern Regional Centre, Bengaluru 52 SUTRADHARA 57 ANNEXURES I: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Board of Trustees 58 (as on March 31, 2015) II: The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Members of the 59 Executive Committee (as on March 31, 2015) III: List of Exhibitions held in IGNCA from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 60 IV: List of Lectures and other programmes held in IGNCA 62 from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 V: List of IGNCA Publications from April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015 76 VI: List of officers of IGNCA, including Senior /Junior Research 77 Fellows/Consultants in the IGNCA (as on March 31, 2015) INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL CENTRE FOR THE ARTS Annual Report 2014-15 INTRODUCTION The Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), established in the memory of Smt. Indira Gandhi in 1987, is visualised as an autonomous national institution encompassing the study and experience of all the arts - each form with its own integrity, yet within a dimension of mutual inter- dependence and inter-relatedness with nature, the social structure and cosmology.
    [Show full text]
  • Secondary Indian Culture and Heritage
    Culture: An Introduction MODULE - I Understanding Culture Notes 1 CULTURE: AN INTRODUCTION he English word ‘Culture’ is derived from the Latin term ‘cult or cultus’ meaning tilling, or cultivating or refining and worship. In sum it means cultivating and refining Ta thing to such an extent that its end product evokes our admiration and respect. This is practically the same as ‘Sanskriti’ of the Sanskrit language. The term ‘Sanskriti’ has been derived from the root ‘Kri (to do) of Sanskrit language. Three words came from this root ‘Kri; prakriti’ (basic matter or condition), ‘Sanskriti’ (refined matter or condition) and ‘vikriti’ (modified or decayed matter or condition) when ‘prakriti’ or a raw material is refined it becomes ‘Sanskriti’ and when broken or damaged it becomes ‘vikriti’. OBJECTIVES After studying this lesson you will be able to: understand the concept and meaning of culture; establish the relationship between culture and civilization; Establish the link between culture and heritage; discuss the role and impact of culture in human life. 1.1 CONCEPT OF CULTURE Culture is a way of life. The food you eat, the clothes you wear, the language you speak in and the God you worship all are aspects of culture. In very simple terms, we can say that culture is the embodiment of the way in which we think and do things. It is also the things Indian Culture and Heritage Secondary Course 1 MODULE - I Culture: An Introduction Understanding Culture that we have inherited as members of society. All the achievements of human beings as members of social groups can be called culture.
    [Show full text]
  • The Lockdown to Contain the Coronavirus Outbreak Has Disrupted Supply Chains. One Crucial Chain Is Delivery of Information and I
    JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 18 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM Constitution STATE OF THE PANDEMIC TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Bench must Hopeinnumbers:Dailycasesstablefor 170 CASES: RECOVERED:20,37,870 DAYSSINCE 27,67,273 DEATHS:52,889 hear Bhushan PANDEMIC case: ex-SC BEGAN TESTS: 3,17,42,782 | DOUBLING RATE: 28.92** judge Joseph twoweeks,testsshowfewerpositives Newcases rangearound 60,000; R-value at all-timelow NEARFLATGROWTHINNEW OVERALLPOSITIVITYRATE CASESINLASTTWOWEEKS TotalPositive/Total Tested Forthe firsttime since May, fallen to 8.72per cent. KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING AMITABHSINHA the overall positivity rate in the Simultaneously—and not TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** ‘If justiceis 80000 10 PUNE,AUGUST19 countryhas begun to decline. unrelatedly —there is arelative notdone 70000 Whichmeans,for thesame stagnation in the numbers of ■ Maharashtra 6,15,477 11,119 2.01% 35.90 60000 8 heavens will SIX MONTHS afterthe outbreak number of tests,fewer people newpositive cases being de- ■ Tamil Nadu 3,49,654 5,709 1.80% 40.05 certainly fall’ 50000 of the novelcoronavirus epi- arenow beingfound infected tected everyday.This number CENT ■ Andhra 3,06,261 9,652 3.27% 22.04 40000 6 demic —and over 27 lakh cases with the virus.
    [Show full text]
  • Price List 2015.Indd
    Lalit Kala Publications 2015 Lalit Kala Akademi Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi-110001 MONOGRAPHS The monographs in the Lalit Kala Series of Contemporary Indian Art have been undertaken by the Lalit Kala Akademi with the intention of popularising the works of India’s leading painters, sculptors and printmakers. Effort is made to present a bird’s eye view of the development of their artistic career. Each monograph is in the format 17.5 x 12 cms. on foreign art paper. It contains a brief introduction of the artist along with colour plates and b/w illustrations. Monographs Available Rs. 1. Dhanraj Bhagat 50 2. Prodosh Das Gupta 50 3. Biren De 50 4. L. Munuswamy 50 5. K. S. Kulkarni 50 6. Ram Gopal Vijaiwargiya 50 7. S. H. Raza 50 8. Y. K. Shukla 50 9. Ranvir Singh Bisht 50 10. V. P. Karmarkar 50 11. Bimal Das Gupta 50 12. Radhamohan 50 13. Sarat Chandra Debo 50 14. Goverdhan Lal Joshi 50 15. P. T. Reddy 50 16. K. Madhava Menon 50 17. Nicholas Roerich 50 18. Amarnath Sehgal 50 19. Chittaprosad 50 20. Kanwal Krishna & Devyani Krishna 50 21. J. Swaminathan 50 22. Gurcharan Singh 50 23. Piraji Sagara 50 24. M. Reddappa Naidu 50 25. Devki Nandan Sharma 75 26. A. P. Santhanaraj 75 27. R. K. Rao 75 28. Balbir Singh Katt 75 29. Sakti Burman 75 30. Kripal Singh Shekhawat 75 Monographs Large Format (Hard Bound 9”x9”) 31. J. Sultan Ali 100 32. Pilloo Pochkhanawala 100 33. Somnath Hore 100 34. V. S. Gaitonde 100 35.
    [Show full text]
  • The Silver Series - 3
    DAG : THE SILVER SERIES - 3 THE SILVER SERIES EDITION 3 6 - 10 JULY 2020 10% SALE PROCEEDS TO 1 DAG : THE SILVER SERIES - 3 THE SILVER SERIES EDITION 3 100 ARTISTS ² 100 WORKS Modern and Contemporary Indian Art 6 - 10 JULY 2020 FIXED-PRICE ONLINE SALE The Silver Series is DAG’s initiative towards raising funds for charity through its fixed-price online sales For further information please contact us at [email protected] 1 DAG : THE SILVER SERIES - 3 FROM ASHISH ANAND’S DESK Hundreds of great artists have marked every decade of the twentieth century, which is why I have always been surprised at the invisibility of so many of our masters. Painters, sculptors, printmakers, teachers, they have made a name for themselves, but in the absence of their work being shown nationally—rather than regionally, as has been the norm—many have remained outside mainstream discourse. At DAG, it has been our effort to ensure their rediscovery and recognition, something we continue to do with our Silver Series, fixed-price online sales. The outstanding success of the first two editions is an indicator that art-lovers also have an appreciation for lesser-known names, as well as those whose works do not appear frequently in the market. Our endeavour with every edition will be to continue to surprise you with the mix of artists and the quality of their work. I hope the additions in this edition will bring you joy. If you miss any favourites, I assure you that you will find them in subsequent editions.
    [Show full text]
  • Shock to the System the Stunning Reverses the Congress Suffered in the Assembly Elections Complete the Erosion of Its Political Authority
    FRONTLINEAPRIL 6, 2012 WWW.FRONTLINE.IN INDIA’S NATIONAL MAGAZINE RS.25 ESSAY POLITICS TRAVEL BOROBUDUR UNION BUDGET 2012-13 Islamism & democracy 43 Ode to harmony 64 The price of reform 126 Shock to the system The stunning reverses the Congress suffered in the Assembly elections complete the erosion of its political authority. With the BJP not in a position to offer a credible alternative, it is resurgence time for regional forces VOLUME 29 NUMBER 6 MARCH 24 - APRIL 6, 2012 ISSN 0970-1710 WWW.FRONTLINE.IN INSTITUTIONS COVER STORY Election shocks COLUMN AIIMS: Bhaskar Ghose: Dubious promotions 32 Assembly Elections 2012 announce a further Elections & beyond 93 weakening of the political authority of the R.K. Raghavan: MEDIA Logic of deviance 98 The arrest of Kazmi 36 Congress, which leads the UPA ruling at the Praful Bidwai: Karnataka: End of an illusion 103 Lawyers vs journalists 39 Centre. 4 THE STATES BOOKS 73 West Bengal: Maoist in the net 41 LETTERS 123 ESSAY UPDATE Islamism and democracy 43 Gorilla genome 60 WORLD AFFAIRS Russia: Putin’s progress 49 Syria: Reforms on track 53 Libya: Slipping into chaos 57 United Kingdom: On a witch-hunt 61 RELATED STORIES TRAVEL Interview: Punjab: Borobudur: Ode to harmony 64 Rajnath Singh 6 Bucking the trend 17 Uttar Pradesh: Interview: INTERVIEW Reverse sweep 8 Sukhbir Badal 18 Satya P. Mohanty: Interview: Whither identity Indian literature to world literature 85 Akhilesh Yadav 10 politics? 21 Uttarakhand: Goa: Verdict REPORTS In a cleft stick 13 for change 25 Misery of urban children 95 Interview: Manipur: HISTORY B.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 2015-2016
    VISVA-BHARATI Annual Report 2015-2016 Santiniketan 2016 YATRA VISVAM BHAVATYEKANIDAM (Where the World makes its home in a single nest) “ Visva-Bharati represents India where she has her wealth of mind which is for all. Visva-Bharati acknowledges India's obligation to offer to others the hospitality of her best culture and India's right to accept from others their best ” -Rabindranath Tagore Contents Chapter I ................................................................i-v Department of Biotechnology...............................147 From Bharmacharyashrama to Visva-Bharati...............i Centre for Mathematics Education........................152 Institutional Structure Today.....................................ii Intergrated Science Education & Research Centre.153 Socially Relevant Research and Other Activities .....iii Finance ................................................................... v Kala Bhavana.................................................157 -175 Administrative Staff Composition ............................vi Department of Design............................................159 University At a Glance................................................vi Department of Sculpture..........................................162 Student Composition ................................................vi Department of Painting..........................................165 Teaching Staff Composition.....................................vi Department of Graphic Art....................................170 Department of History of Art..................................172
    [Show full text]
  • Quiz Date: 29Th September 2020
    Bankersadda.com General Awareness Quiz for RBI Assistant Mains 2020 Adda247.com Quiz Date: 29th September 2020 Q1. The National Gallery of Modern Art organised a virtual tour to commemorate the 115th Birth Anniversary of iconic artist ___________ (a) Sankho Chaudhuri (b) Somnath Hore (c) Anish Kapoor (d) Ramkinkar Baij (e) Subodh Kerkar Q2. Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has signed an MoU with Narmada Basin Projects Company Ltd. (NBPCL) to fund various power projects to be executed in which state? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Haryana (c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu (e) Odisha Q3. Name the place where the Army Commanders‟ Conference has commenced to deliberate on various aspects pertaining to operational and administrative issues including studies pertaining to logistics and human resources. (a) Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) New Delhi (d) Visakhapatnam (e) Gandhinagar Q4. Ministry of Minority Affairs flagship programme „Hunar Haat‟ will restart from September 2020 with the theme of? (a) Local to Global (b) India to World (c) Village to World (d) Globalising Hunar Haats (e) Evolution of Hunar Haats Q5. The Department of Science and Technology of which state has organized a webinar on “Van Dhan Scheme: Learnings for post COVID-19” in association with TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India? (a) Punjab (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) Nagaland (e) Gujarat For any Banking/Insurance exam Assistance, Give a Missed call @ 01141183264 Bankersadda.com General Awareness Quiz for RBI Assistant Mains 2020 Adda247.com Q6. Union Minister for Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari has inaugurated the 440 metre-long tunnel as part of the Chardham Connectivity Project in which district of Himachal Pradesh? (a) Chamba (b) Shimla (c) Hamirpur (d) Kangra (e) Kinnaur Q7.
    [Show full text]
  • Ramkinkar Baij Context Ramkinkar Baij
    26 May, 2020 Ramkinkar Baij Context Ministry of Culture’s National Gallery of Modern Art will organise virtual tour titled “Ramkinkar Baij | Journey through silent transformation and expressions” to commemorate the 115th Birth Anniversary of Ramkinkar Baij on 26th May 2020. This virtual tour presents the works of art from the prominent artworks of Ramkinkar Baij from reserve collection of NGMA, grouped in a series of five different themes of (i) Portrait, (ii) Life Study, (iii) Abstract & Structural Composition, (iv) Nature Study & Landscape and (v) Sculptures. The virtual tour is being launched to pay tribute to the one of the greatest sculptor, painter – an iconic artist of modern India, especially for the young artists to know the kind of restless experiment that the artist had one with forms – figurative and abstractive both. Ramkinkar Baij Ramkinkar Baij, one of the most seminal artists of modern India, was an iconic sculptor, painter and graphic artist. Ramkinkar Baij (1906-1980) was born in Bankura, West Bengal, into a family of little economic and social standing and grew by his sheer determination into one of the most distinguished early modernists of Indian art. In 1925, he made his way to Kala Bhavana, the art school at Santiniketan and was under the guidance of Nandalal Bose. Encouraged by the liberating, intellectual environment of Santiniketan, his artistic skills and intellectual horizons blossomed, thus acquiring greater depth and complexity. Soon after completing his studies at Kala Bhavana he became a faculty member, and along with Nandalal Bose and Benodebehari Mukherjee played a pivotal role in making Santiniketan one of the most important centres for modern art in pre- Independent India.
    [Show full text]
  • 9 Dec-2018.Qxd
    C M C M Y B Y B Postal Regd No- JK/485/2016-18 Internet Edition : www.truthprevail.com, E-paper : epaper.truthprevail.com RNI No. JKENG/2012/47637 T3 ru6th P8 revFaair and Fiearl ess * Governor expresses grief over loss of lives in Mandi road accident * Cancer cells' use of sugar holds the key to their destruction * AJNEA meets Director Information; highlights various issues * Mehbooba’s threat smacks of anti-Jammu mind-set of PDP : BJP * Kajal Aggarwal to sport a never-seen-before look in Kamal... * Top Congress, NC, PDP leaders of Kishtwar join BJP email : [email protected] VOL 7, ISSUE NO. 338 JAMMU & KASHMIR SUNDAY DECEMBER 09, 2018 DAILY 8 PAGE Re. 1/- IInnssiiddee Constant Hype Around Surgical Strikes 13 Dead, 13 Injured as Bus Falls Into Gorge Unwarranted, Says ex-Army Officer Encounter Breaks Chandigarh : Two years Iraqi nuclear sites, which had its second edition this year, is Out Near Srinagar after the surgical strikes car - caused considerable damage, organised to raise awareness ried out by the Army across Lt General (retd) NS Brar among people about the lega - In J&K iJanmm uP : Aot leoast nthirtceen hs;e nRger ebus isc JKu02We04 4O5, pwiell arrivae sotoni foromn Jamsm u.Uwnered airelifterd wfroma they acci - the Line of Control (LoC), Lt underscored the need to cy of the armed forces, and SRINAGAR : An people on Saturday died after the report said. Government will extend dent site to Army hospital at Gen (retd) DS Hooda on ensure long-term impact on rekindle among youth the encounter broke out Saturday a bus fell in a gorge in Jammu Earlier, DDC of Poonch, every possible help (sic),” Udhampur and two others to Friday said it was natural to between terrorists and securi - and Kashmir’s Pooch.
    [Show full text]
  • 58657055008.Pdf
    Estudios de Asia y África ISSN: 0185-0164 ISSN: 2448-654X El Colegio de México A.C. Dube, Saurabh Sobre las prácticas modernistas en el sur de Asia Estudios de Asia y África, vol. 53, núm. 1, Enero-Abril, 2018, pp. 199-224 El Colegio de México A.C. DOI: 10.24201/eaa.v0i0.2254 Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=58657055008 Cómo citar el artículo Número completo Sistema de Información Científica Redalyc Más información del artículo Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal Página de la revista en redalyc.org Proyecto académico sin fines de lucro, desarrollado bajo la iniciativa de acceso abierto ESTUDIOS DE ASIA Y ÁFRICA, VOL. 53, NÚM. 1 (165), 2018, PP. 199-224 CULTURA Y SOCIEDAD Sobre las prácticas modernistas en el sur de Asia On Modernist Practices in South Asia SAURABH DUBE* Resumen: Este ensayo explora los términos del/los modernismo(s) en el subcontinente indio. Me concentro en los momentos modernistas críticos, atravesando las formas estéticas del sur de Asia durante el siglo XX. Están en juego reclamos para superar el pasado que aparece variadamente influido por el imperio y la nación, el comunitarismo y el nacionalismo, la memoria y la historia, lo mítico y lo primitivo, una independencia fracturada y una Partición violenta, el género y la sexualidad, el cuerpo y el dolor, así como lo épico y lo contempo- ráneo. En conjunto, se ofrecen temporalidades de modernismos que son heterogéneas, pero superpuestas. Estas consideraciones son acla- radas por medio de imágenes formidables de Savi Sawarkar, un artista expresionista y dalit.
    [Show full text]
  • The Exile of Maqbool Fida Husain
    This text is an unedited draft on the basis of which the speaker delivered a seminar, talk or lecture at the venue(s) and event(s) cited below. The title and content of each presentation varied in response to the context. There is a slide-show below that accompanies this document. If the text has been worked upon and published in the form of an essay, details about the version(s) and publication(s) are included in the section pertaining to Geeta Kapur’s published texts. Venue • Lecture: The Exile of M.F. Husain, SAHMAT, New Delhi, 24th August 2009 The Exile of Maqbool Fida Husain Modernist Myths Contrary to the claims of the canon, modernism is countered/complemented by distinctly different genealogies of the modern, and it flowers and shrinks at different political and cultural sites during the twentieth century. In its many avatars, modernism comes to be inscribed within different civilizational structures, national cultures, artisanal protocols, whereby other linguistic and iconographic resources open up, posing questions to the western rubric of authorship and style. Husain’s position exemplifies such a conjunction—where artistic autonomy of the modernist kind is ‘balanced’ by an assumed access to cultural plenitude so that a different ambition is put in place with regard to the symbolic.1 In the Indian setting, modernist myths develop multiple mandates: the modernity project, with its aspirations for ‘advancement’ and its claims to becoming the shared language of universal modernism, is expanded to the mythic imaginary and thence to metaphors and narratives that lie outside the modernist grid.
    [Show full text]