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Tufts University
Publication Date
Fall 2016
Abstract
The artwork of the Ajanta cave temples has had a major impact on the definition of Indian artistic identity and upon the modern art movement in India. This paper describes the history and construction of the caves and their specific stylistic and ideological influence of and interpretation by various key figures of the modern art movement. The first major projects to produce copies of the Ajanta frescoes (those by Major Robert Gill, John Griffiths and his students, and Lady Herringham and Abanindranath Tagore's students) are surveyed and put in context. Various early art-historians and critics are examined with respect to their theories and thoughts about to Ajanta. They include early thinkers of the Bengal school such as E. B. Havell, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and Abanindranath, and further critics of the school, such as Amrita Sher-Gil.
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Asian Art and Architecture | Asian Studies | History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology | Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
Recommended Citation
Hawkins, Nolan, "THE INFLUENCE OF AJANTA ON INDIAN MODERN ART" (2016). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 2509.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/2509
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Asian Art and Architecture Commons, Asian Studies Commons, Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology Commons
Program Name
India: National Identity and the Arts