Rare Indian art show to give country a miss

The exhibition is accompanied by a beautiful short film in Kangri and Dogri, by Amit Dutta, on Nainsukh, who painted in the princely court of Jasrota. His work reflects both the grandeur of palace life and the natural beauty of the surrounding countryside where he had lived. The film will be screened at some point, along with a truncated version of the exhibition, at the Chhatrapati Shivaji museum in Mumbai .

Museum officials suggest there has never been such a comprehensive oveview of the history of Indian painting. The art itself is exquisite, revealing not just a mastery of the craft but also details about ways of life, costume, hunting styles and rituals throughout princely India. The entire collection and a rich text has been compiled in a book co-authored by all three art historians. It is hardly surprising that Rembrandt himself posssessed a collection of Indian miniatures.

Michaelangelo Bekors “The Creation of Man” – Giuliano Bekor

Michaelangelo Bekor’s “The Creation of Man”

May 29th, 2011

Throughout the millennia man has battled and been battled due to the idea of God and the creation of earth.  Paganism giving way to the Judeo-Christian religions and when you look at all of them under a microscope they are really all just replicas of the same couple of stories.

I don’t think there is a better artistic representation of a biblical story than Michelangelo’s representation of the Creation of Man which graces the walls and ceilings of the Sistine chapel. In the middle of Vatican City the Sistine chapel houses one of the greatest stories of our conception.

For all of you who have never seen the art piece it is thought provoking how Michelangelo shows the blasé(ness) of Adam and how hard God trying to reach Adam’s hand.

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