Sunday, 3 October 2021

VISIT To AN ART GALLERY

              ART GALLERY 

           AJANTA CAVES 


My home town  is bhavnagar. Bhavnagar is famous as a place of art and culture " કલા અને સંસ્કૃતિ ની નગરી." It has always been an important city for art and artistic. Art galleries exhibit works by artists known by the general public; Exhibitions act as the catalyst of art and ideas to the public. Bhavnagar has many art gallery but we have talking about the one art gallery named after the great artist shri khodidas parmar. 




SHRI KHODIDAS PARMAR 


Khodidas parmar was a great presence as an artist and a greater gentleman. Khodidas  wrote in a magazine an appreciation of a folk song, giving an advance testimony of his life's work. He introduced The Bhatigal Style of  saurashtra in painting. 



   'સંસ્કૃતિમાં  નિરૂપાયેલા જોમ જુસ્સાથી ભરપુર પાત્રોને  તેઓએ  ધીગી  રેખાકનથી કંડાયૉ છે.'


This YouTube video about khodidas parmar  life.


Khodidas parmar has also tried his hands on AJANTA CAVES paintings and to continue that idea and paying respect to their idol some of his students painted the caves paintings and an exhibition  was held on it. An exhibition took us towards two more  about shri khodidas parmar and second, to know more about ajanta caves. 

 
     AJANTA CAVES 


The first Buddhist cave monumental at Ajanta date from the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C.  during the Gupta period. The paintings and sculpture of ajanta, considered masterpieces  of Buddhist  religious Art, have  had a considerable artistic influence. 

Ajanta caves



They are  universally  regarded as masterpieces of Buddhist religious Art. The ajanta caves constitute ancient monasteries and worship-halls of different Buddhist traditions caved into a 75-metre wall of rock. The caves also present Paintings depicting the past lives and rebirths of the Buddha, pictorial tales from Aryasura's jatakamala, and  rock -cut sculpture  of Buddhist deities.

  Panoramic view of ajanta caves     from the nearby hill



Ajanta is one of the major tourist attractions of maharashtra. The ajanta style is also found in the Ellora caves and other sites such as the elephanta caves, aurangabad caves and the cave temples of karnataka.



Since 1983, ajanta caves have been listed among the UNIESCO world Heritage sites of India. In 2012, the maharashtra, tourism development corporations announced plans to add to ASI  visitor center at the entrance complete replicas of caves 1,2,16,17, to reduce crowding in the original, and enable visitors to receive a better visuel idea of the paintings, which are dimlylit and hard to read in the caves.


   SIGNIFICANCE

   NATIVES, SOCIETY AND CULTURE     IN THE ARTS AT AJANTA 



     Ajanta arts predominantly show native. 


The ajanta caves arts are a window in to the culture, society and religiosity of the native population of India between the 2nd century BCE and 5th century CE.  Different scholars have variously interpreted them from the perspective of gender studies, history, sociology, and the anthropology of South Asia. 

According to  Walter Spink-  one of the most respected  art historians on ajanta, these caves were by 475 CE a much revered site to the Indians, with throngs of  "transformed into its monks and traders." 


FOREIGNERS IN THE PAINTINGS OF AJANTA 

The ajanta caves painting are a significant source of social economic information in ancient India, particularly in relation to the interaction of India with foreign cultures at the time most of the paintings were made, in the 5th century CE. 

HAROON KHAN SHERWANI 

  "The paintings at Ajanta cleverly demonstrate the cosmopolitan character of Buddhism, which opened its way to men of all races, Greek, Persian, saka, pahlava, and huna."



Cave 1, for example, shows a mural fresco with characters  with foreigner faces or dresses, the so called "Persian embassy scene." This scene is located at the right of the entrance door upon entering the hall.


INTERNATIONAL TREDE, GROWTH OF BUDDHIST 



Cave 1 has several frescos with characters with foreigners faces or dresses.  Similar depiction are found in the paintings of cave 17. A small number of scenes show foreigners drinking  wine in cave 1 and 2.




Wind up 

The ajanta caves  painting are giving information about  that time. Shri khodidas parmar art gallery 
Organized ajanta exhibition.  51 paintings make by students of khodidas parmar. Comman public  are more information about ajanta paintings. 

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