| Indian Sculpture |
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The first Indian Sculpture date back to the Indus Valley civilization, where stone and bronze carvings have been discovered.The principal sculptural techniques used in India have undergone little changes throughout the ages. Carving in India has done for centuries with using varied materials such as stone or rock, wood, bronze metal, bone, and marbles also. The most preferred and less expensive materials that were used for producing sculpture in India on wider scale are stone, metal & wood including such as oak, box and terracotta.
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| Indian Temple Sculptures |
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India`s stupas and temples were not just religious monuments but also cultural centers showing the spiritual and secular significance. The secular nature of Indian sculptural art can be illustrated from the incorporation of various images from secular life.Indian sculpture is meant to take the onlookers of the art, to the journey of aesthetic ecstasy, which is India`s great aesthetician dignified with recognition as enlightenment.
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| Khajuraho Sculptures of India |
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One of the most popular tourist destinations in India, Khajuraho has the largest group of medieval Hindu and Jain temples, famous for their erotic sculptures.Sculpture of Khjuraho The harmonious integration of architecture to the sculptures, add to the rhythm of the monuments. Each temple has a unique pattern in the placement of its sculptural motifs; in the Lakshmana temple, surasundaris on the projections alternate with vyalas in recesses of the walls. Khajuraho Temples are the most graphic, erotic and sensuous Indian sculptures, the world has ever known.
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| Indian Marble Sculptures |
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Marble sculptures are marked with a unique place in Indian Sculpture, as the art of stone sculpting is very much common in every state of India. A large percentage of marble sculpture is employed for a sacred purpose in India, in preparing various statues, idols of Gods & Goddesses & carvings in architecture. The entire artwork of marble sculptures bears the excellent style and patterns of finest craftsmanship that are achieved with quality. Indian Marble sculptures show the highest degree of intricate designs.
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| Arjuna`s Penance |
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The `Arjuna`s Penance` is a famous Indian sculpture made of marvel at Mahabalipuram or Mamallapuram, which is an enormous relief involving many figures made on two huge boulders. This is one of the biggest open-air rock canvases in the world. This bas-relief is 31 metre long and 9 metre high with detailed carvings showing the most adorable and natural expressions of human and animals. The sculptures are remarkable for their vitality and naturalism as well as the skill with which they are sculpted. |
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| Indian Sand Sculptures |
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Sand sculpture, like any other kind of sculptures can be of any shape, size or form. It can include the above things- a castle, or created in a human, animal, plant or a fantasy form. In India, sand sculptures originated in Orissa, but later on became familiar in all parts of country. The famous Indian Sand sculpture Artist Sudarshan Patnaik has already represented India in 23 international sand sculpture festivals. |
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| Indian Rock Cut Sculpture |
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Rock cut sculpture is another unique specimen of Indian sculpture. Basically these rock-cut structures were related to various religious communities. The rock-cut sculpture differs from traditional buildings in many ways. The rock-cut art is more similar to sculpture than architecture as cutting out solid rocks produced structures. Some of the finest rock cut structures is found in Bihar and Maharashtra. Chaityas and Viharas are rock cut structures made for Buddhist and Jain monks as their residence and worshipping zones. The Ratha temples at Mahabalipuram are yet another great specimen of rock-cut sculpture in ancient India. |
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