Chapter 10, Section 3: Art and Literature

Visual Arts  Stupas –Contain the remains of Buddha –Dome shape represents the dome of heaven –Buddhism helped shape the arts of India Dome of Heaven Umbrella – symbol of royalty. The World Life

Visual Arts  Temples –Built into hillsides –Cities grew around temples

Visual Arts  Sculpture –Carvings in Temples –Buddhists – sacred tree, Buddha himself –Hindus – Siva with 4 hands Buddha Siva

Visual Arts  Islamic Art –Mosques and tombs –Forbids images of people and animals –Calligraphy – ornate form of writing (passages from the Koran)

Calligraphy This is what Calligraphy looks like. Arabic English

Literature  Hindu Epics –Mahabharata – poem – 100,000 verses –Ramayana – models correct behavior  Diffusion and Diversity –Panchatantra – stories featuring animals as characters –Stories moved from India to Middle East –Influenced Hans Christian Anderson

Literature  Rabindranath Tagore –India’s most famous writer –Poems, stories, plays –1913 – 1 st Asian writer to win Nobel Prize –National anthem (Jana Gana Mana)

Performing Arts  Dance and theater –Every movement has meaning –Mudras – hundreds of hand gestures  Movies –Most popular performing art –900 films per year –Largest motion picture industry in the world –Much singing and dancing * Bollywood – Hindi Cinema

Mudras Used in Yoga