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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

Indian style, Indian iconography, artwork, illustrations

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

During the time of colonization in India there was a lull in the production of Indian style artwork. During this time when illustrations were made they were European. When local artist were actually hired they were required to work in the prevailing European styles rather than indigenous Indian Styles (The Tamarind Papers, 11). Nevertheless, since the time of Independence Indian artists have slowly made there way back to their roots. But, with today’s onslaught of globalization I have wondered how art currently contributes to India’s social solidarity. Anciently, India’s Rajas (rulers-religious leaders) commissioned art; it functioned as a form of education and, for the creators, it symbolized certain social status (e.g. the mughal ruler, Akbar 1556-1605). Thus, I proposed to study the attitudes of contemporary artists and to create some of my own artwork in participant-observation oriented research.

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