Foreshortening Artists also represent single figures in space in varying ways. When the Flemish artist Peter PaulrubenS (1577–1640) painted Lion Hunt (fig. 1), he used foreshortening for all the hunters and animals—that is, he represented their bodies at angles to the picture plane. When in life one views a figure at an angle, the body appears […]
Read More »As in all fields of study, art history has its own specialized vocabulary consisting of hundreds of words, but certain basic terms are indispensable for describing artworks and buildings of any time and place. They make up the essential vocabulary of formal analysis, the visual analysis of artistic form. definitions and discussions of the most […]
Read More »Who Made It? If Ben Shahn had not signed his painting of Sacco and Vanzetti, an art historian could still assign, or attribute, the work to him based on knowledge of the artist’s personal style. Although signing (and dating) works is quite common (but by no means universal) today, in the history of art countless […]
Read More »Another major concern of art historians is, of course, subject matter. Some artworks, such as modern abstract paintings (Fig 1) , have no subject, understanding of the work. Art historians traditionally separate pictorial subjects into various categories, such as religious, historical, mythological, genre (daily life), portraiture, landscape (a depiction of a place), still life (an […]
Read More »After being ostracised for more than two decades, Dalits in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district finally entered the Uthapuram temple. For generations, they were forbidden from entering the temple and performing prayers by the upper caste Pillai community. A wall was built around the temple to keep the Dalits away. A few years ago, the wall […]
Read More »The Tamil Nadu Untouchability Eradication Front (TNUEF) which had its inception here in Madurai three years ago was borne out of historic necessity as the place had been a centre to various forms of overt and covert practices of untouchability, said S.K. Ponnuthayi, district secretary, All India Democratic Women’s Association. Delivering the presidential address at […]
Read More »Social Developments This century witnessed some most remarkable changes or revolutions on the social scene of Kerala. This region which was the most caste-ridden of all the regions of India is today the least caste-ridden area. However, this volt-face did not happen all of a sudden, by means of a bloody revolution, but gradually by […]
Read More »Aravipuram Movement was launched by Sri Narayana Guru on Shivaratri day of 1888. On that day, Sri Narayana Guru defied the religious restrictions traditionally placed on the Ezhava community, and consecrated an idol of Shiva at Aravipuram. Sri Narayana Guru, born in a low-caste Ezhava family, had studied Sanskrit, Malayalam, Tamil and astrology. The Aravipuram […]
Read More »The Aravipuram movement was of far-reaching importance in South India. Inspired by its success, a number of socio-religious reform movements were launched in the South. The Temple Entry Movement is the more prominent among them. The struggle against the disabilities imposed on the avarnas or members of depressed classes in various parts of South India […]
Read More »CAUSE FOR LINGUISTIC STATES: The boundaries of the British Indian Provinces were drawn primarily to sub serve colonial interest to enforce law and order, to collect land revenue and to divide the rule. hence the pre-independence provinces were multi-linguistic,multi-cultural and heterogenous.for example, the Madras Presidency consisted of four large distinct linguistic areas ,-Tamil ,Telugu,Malayalam And […]
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