Anime Movie - Watch Anime Movie Sub Free Online. Netflix. Stuart Freedman: The Idol Makers. Photo © Stuart Freedman-All Rights Reserved "In Western art, few sculptors -other than perhaps Donatello or Rodin- have achieved the pure essence of sensuality so spectacularly evoked by the Chola sculptors, or achieved such a sense of celebration of the divine beauty of the human body. "- William Dalrymple, Nine Lives Stuart Freedman is an award-winning British writer and photographer whose work was published in, amongst others, Life, Geo, Time, Der Spiegel, Newsweek and Paris Match covering stories from Albania to Afghanistan and from former Yugoslavia to Haiti.
One of his many galleries is The Idol Makers, which documents the work of Radhakrishna Stpathy, an idol maker, a caster of statues, a master craftsman in Tamil Nadu, India. Chola period bronzes were created using the lost wax technique, which is also know by its French name, cire perdue, and is the process by which a bronze or brass is cast from an artist's sculpture. Bronze Casting | India: Shiva Nataraja (Lord of the Dance) Arts / History & Culture : Priceless treasures of the Cholas. As one looks at the bronze idols of Paruthiyur Rama, in speechless wonder, one recalls the observation of art critic Havell: “Indian art, soaring into the highest empyrean, is ever trying to bring down to earth something of the beauty of the things above.”How does one describe the beauty of the 10th century bronzes of Rama, Sita and Lakshmana at the Paruthyiur temple? Where does one begin? With Rama’s sharp nose, that gives Him a regal bearing? Or the designs on Sita’s bangles? Or Lakshmana’s beatific smile?
Who was the genius who conceived and created these treasures? “In the 1960s the Paruthiyur bronzes were stolen,” says Dr. Paruthiyur. Marudam, with its rivers that facilitated agriculture, was considered the best for people to inhabit. But how did Paruthiyur, a fertile village on the banks of the Kudamurutti river, get its name? As for the history of Paruthiyur, the only reference to it is seen in the copper plates in the Leiden Museum, Holland, according to Balasubramanian.
Arts / History & Culture : Priceless treasures of the Cholas. ASIA SOCIETY: THE COLLECTION IN CONTEXT. Bronze Sculpture of the Chola Period The Cholas came to power in the late 9th century, and until the late 13th century, they ruled most of south India, Sri Lanka, the Maldive Islands, and even parts of the Indonesian island of Java from their homeland near Thanjavur (Tanjore) on the southeastern coast.
They also maintained diplomatic ties with countries as distant as Burma (Myanmar), China, and Malaysia. Chola rulers were active patrons, and during their reign, poetry, drama, music, and dance flourished. They also constructed enormous stone temple complexes decorated inside and out with painted and sculpted representations of the Hindu gods. While the stone sculptures and the inner sanctum image empowering the temple remained immovable, changing religious concepts during the 10th century demanded that the deities take part in a variety of public roles similar to those of a human monarch.
The Sensuous and the Sacred: Chola Bronzes from South India. Moolarama.JPG (JPEG Image, 432x288 pixels) Chola art. Shiva as Nataraja, the Lord of the Dance, the most famous subject found in Chola processional bronzes The period of the imperial Cholas (c. 850 CE - 1250 CE) was an age of continuous improvement and refinement of the Dravidian art and architecture. They utilised their prodigious wealth earned through their extensive conquests in building long-lasting stone temples and exquisite bronze sculptures. Introduction[edit] The Cholas continued the temple building traditions of the Pallava dynasty, who were themselves influenced by the Amaravathi school of architecture.
The Chola artists and artisans further drew their influences from other contemporary art and architectural schools and elevated the Dravidian temple design to greater heights.[1] The Chola kings built numerous temples throughout their kingdom, which normally comprised the Cauvery plains, Central and Northern Tamil Nadu and at times the entire state of Tamilnadu as also adjoining parts of modern Karnataka and Andhrapradesh.