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Art and Religion •Religion since ancient times has provided the impetus to create art •Both religion and art raise us up and awaken in us a striving towards an ideal world •Both have power to stimulate our imagination and take us away from our daily worries •Right from Ancient times the unknown power was given various artistic shapes •Sometimes the power was symbolized as a natural element like sun, moon, mountain, tree..and sometimes as fantastic being..e.g composite animal •Every natural phenomenon was attributed to some god Anubis, Egyptian god of mummification and afterlife •Ra- The Sun god Natural Elements as gods •In India in Vedic times we had •God of rain –Indra •Sun god- Surya •Moon god –Soma etc. •In Greek culture •God of thunder- Zeus •God of sea- Poseidon etc. •Surya: the sun god •Hindu mythology •Marble statue of Zeus •God of thunderbold •Greek mythology Poseidon Greek god of Sea •Human emotions and aspirations too were personified as gods Cupid- god of love in Roman mytholody Kama- god of love in Indian mythology Saraswati- goddess of learning Lakshmi- goddess of prosperity •Kama and Rati •God of love in hindu mythology Cupid,god of love in Roman mythology •Saraswati, goddess of learning Iconography •Symbols and Attributes by which we can recognize a god Shiva- Trident , 3 eyes, Jatamukuta and so on Vishnu- Conch, Lotus, Gadha, Chakra Saraswati –Vina Cupid- Chubby child with wings Buddha- Topknot, Sitting posture, Calm eyes Medusa Greek mythology Live snakes for her hair Ravana shaking Kailasha, Ellora Nataraja Shiva, •Buddha Abode of gods, temples, churches and mosques •Art works in themselves •Full of paintings and sculptures •Ancient and Medieval Indian Art mostly related to temples and mosques •Most of the art works before Modern times in west were linked to Church and Christainity •Gothic Church •Gothic Church Durga Temple, Aihole, Karnataka
