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Architecture, Art, Literature & Film. South & Southeast Asia. Earliest South Asian Art. From the Indus Valley civilization Found tiny figures of people and animals that probably had religious importance Later Indian art showed these influences in carvings. Stupas.
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Architecture, Art, Literature & Film South & Southeast Asia
Earliest South Asian Art • From the Indus Valley civilization • Found tiny figures of people and animals that probably had religious importance • Later Indian art showed these influences in carvings
Stupas • Buddhism emerged as the dominant religion early in the continent’s history. • During the reign of Asoka (265–238 BC), the arts were supported and he had builders construct tall columns inscribed with messages praising peace and nonviolence.
Stupas continued… • He also ordered the building of STUPAS, dome-shaped burial mounds • The stupas housed remains of the Buddha or other holy person and became sacred sites visited by pilgrims.
Like most religious art, each feature of the stupa has symbolic meaning: • The dome stands for heaven • On top of the dome is a square structure that represents the world • Above the square is an umbrella, the symbol of royalty • The railing and gateways that surround stupas have intricate carvings on them of royalty, daily life, and scenes from stories.
Temples • Both Buddhists and Hindus carved huge temples into hillsides • The Buddhists cave temple at Karli, built around A.D. 50, has a vast hall that is 124 feet long and almost 50 feet high.
At Ellora, Hindu workers built an immense temple 96 feet high by chiseling from the top of a hill down its base
Sculpture • Sculptors decorated every inch of temples with rich carvings • Through carvings, people learned Hindu stories and traditions • Indian artists united Buddhist and Hindu themes. EX: a Hindu temple carving might include the lotus flower, a symbol of the Buddha • At first Buddhists artists did not show the Buddha as a human figure, but as symbols such as the sacred tree
Literature • Religion inspired Indian literature as well as art. • The great sources of Indian literature are two epic poems, the Mahabharata (“The Great Story”) and the Ramayana (“Rama’s Way”) • Mahabharata: has 100,000 verses and contains many basic Hindu ideas. This long poem tells about a 12-year war between two branches of a royal family. • Ramayana: contains Hindu teachings and the story about Rama, his wife Sita, and his brother Lakshmana
The Performing Arts • Dance and Theater: • Every movement in Indian dancing has meaning…the dancers tell a story • Dancers train for years to learn hundreds of hand gestures, called mudras • Indian theater combines music, dance, pantomime and dialogue • Many dramas are based on episodes from the Mahabharata, the Ramayana or other well-known tales.
Bollywood • Today, movies are India’s most popular performing art • India has the largest motion picture industry in the world • Its studios turn out more than 900 films each year • Most Indian movies are made in Mumbai with actors who speak Hindi • Most movies have gorgeous costumes, exotic sets, dancing and singing
Om Shanti Om Om Shanti Om is a 2007 Bollywood film directed and choreographed by Farah Khan. It stars Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles as the protagonists while Shreyas Talpade, Arjun Rampal, and Kirron Kher feature in supporting roles. Arjun Rampal is the antagonist in the movie. Nearly thirty stars from yesteryear and today are referred to or show up during the duration of the film, including twenty-eight of them (not including the stars of the film) in one song alone
Other Bollywood clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYyKvp5oT8Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSjJKIrGxgA&feature=related
