the hindu revival(frankie's report)

8/8/2019 The Hindu Revival(Frankie's report)

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The Hindu Revival

The Decline of Buddhism


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Post-Gupta India (600-1200)

-Buddhist practice is an influenced of Hinduism.

-Indra ( The supreme diety of Aryans. The omnipotent ruler

of the universe)

- other lesser gods were more or less vaguely described in theVedas.

- they more concentrated on ritual act of worship

- the pre-Aryan desire to have images


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Hinduism

- is generally regarded as the world's oldest organized religion. It consists of

"thousands of different religious groups that have evolved in India since 1500

BCE."

- is often referred to as Santana Dharma ( a SanskritPhrase meaning The

Eternal Law)

- is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder.

The aim of Hinduism is the discovery of the true nature of the self (atman)

and the true nature of the undifferentiated eternal principle of existence,which is Brahman.


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Brahma- creator god

Vishnu sustainer god

Shiva god of destruction


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Cycle of Rebirths

In the Hindu religion, the self continues to

be reborn until it discovers that it and

Brahman are one; samsara.


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Hinduism enjoyed a revival beginning in the later years of the

Gupta dynasty. The Hindu renaissance centered around

devotion to Vishnu and, in particular, his avatar, Krishna, theromantic hero of poetry and song. This cult of avatar is a

parallel to that of the bodhisattva in Buddhism; both were

expressions of a new humanism that brought divinity within

the reach of everyday actuality.

Hindu Revival


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Elephanta cave temple, south wall, Shiva

Mahadeo, Rock cut (ca. seventh-eighth century)


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The Pallava Dynasty

Sculpted Temples

The rise of the Kushan in the north displaced the Andhra, whose

successors set up the Later Andhra kingdom in the region of Amaravati on

the southeast coast. Both the Kushan and the Andrha were subsumedunder the Gupta power in the early fourth century. In the sixth century a

new and important dynasty began to emerge to the south of that region. It

was the Pallava.

The Pallava capital was at Kanchipuram ( Conjeeveram). On the coast, at

the site of Mamallapuram, during the reign of Narasimhavarman, some of

the most remarkable works of the period were created.


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During the reign of Narasimhavarman

some of the most remarkable works were

created. The coast is strewn with hugeboulders and rounded outcroppings of

granite, which were carved into sculptured

temples. The engaged pilasters with their

elongated shafts and brackets are clearly

derived from a tradition of wood

construction. In wooden buildings, theywould probably have been fully rounded

pillars, but in stone they seem too thin to

support the superstructure of the tiered

roofs so they have been treated as pilasters.

The Temples are raised on short bases,

and the silhouette of these roofs forms a

straight line from the corner to the spire.

When the plans are rectangular rather

than square, the roofs are not straight-sided

but rather curved so as to reflect the

exterior shape of the barrel-vaulted

interiors.


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Bhima Rath, Mamallapuram, Rock-cut temple


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Dharmaraja Rath, Mamallapuram,

Rock-cut temple


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Hindu Deities

Between the tall thin pillars of

these carved temples stand images

of Hindu deities. They are slender

like the Amaravati figures but lessactive. The poses seem in some

cases to be purposely stiff.

Shiva Ardhinari


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Durga attacking buffalo demon, Mamallapuram,

Mahisha Mandapam, Rock-cut relief


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The goddess Durga


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Durga victorious, Mamallapuram

Chola queen as devi, Bronze, Chola


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Descent of the Ganges, central section


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Shiva


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Ellura, Kailasanatha


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Khajuraho, Kandariya Mahadeo Temple


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The Moslem Conquest Of

India

The Mogul Dynasty


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-Moslems, or Muslims (believers), are followers of Islam.

-Their scared book is the Koran.

-Islam is monotheistic, with the belief that there is no god but Allah

and Mohammad is His prophet.

- The Principal Aspects of Their Faith: Prayers, almsgiving, fasting and

pilgrimage to the Holy city of Mecca

-The Islamic culture gradually absorbed the best aspects of those

countries through which it swept.


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Persian and Indian Art Concepts

Create Mogul Art

Akbar - founder of the Mogul art.

- He synthesized the Moslem faith (Islam) with Zoroastriansim

and Hinduism into a new religion

-Mogul style painting brought India a realism unknown before.


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Agra Fort. Red Sandstone. Moghul


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Babur receives a courtier. Attributed to Farrukh


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Diwani Khas (Hall of Private Audience), Red Fort Delhi.

White marble inlaid with semiprecious stones


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Shah Jahans Portrait


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Shah Jahan on horseback. Colors on paper


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The Hall of Private Audience (Diwani-Khas) in the Red Fort,

Delhi, colors on paper


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