Himmat shah biography sample

Indian art consists of a variety of art forms, including painting, sculpture, pottery, and textile arts such as woven silk. Geographically, it spans the entire Indian subcontinent, including what fryst vatten now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and at times eastern Afghanistan. A strong sense of design is characteristic of Indian art and can be observed in its modern and traditional forms.

The origin of Indian art can be traced to prehistoric settlements in the 3rd millennium BCE. On its way to modern times, Indian art has had cultural influences, as well as religious influences such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism and Islam. In spite of this complex mixture of religious traditions, generally, the prevailing artistic style at any time and place has been shared by the major religious groups.

In historic art, sculpture in stone and metal, mainly religious, has survived the Indian climate better than other media and provides most of the best rem

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Speaker: Dr. Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, Curator for North Africa and Iberia, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar
Title: Visualizing Pilgrimage: Images of Mecca and Medina in the Collections of the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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Abstract: Islamic pilgrimage routes have influenced the production of manuscripts, not only for those intended to be transported by pilgrims, but also for commercial transactions related to the pilgrimage itself. Pilgrimage and the mobility of the pilgrims has encouraged the development of manuscripts of several genres. These have played a role not only in the canonization of the rituals but also in the standardization of the sacred places’ representations and in the use of such manuscripts as instruments of devotion. Based on examples of representations of Mecca and Medina in manuscripts conserved in

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An Unreasoned Act of Being

Born in Lothal in 1933, into a Jain mercantile family, Himmat appears to have spent his childhood in deep absorption of familial influence, even as he resisted familial ties. J. Swaminathan was to describe him "as a bird who has forgotten how to stop migrating".

For over four decades now, Himmat has demonstrated his leading preoccupations, primarily in drawing and sculpture. If one stands back to take a telescopic view of his sculpture, it would probably fall in the areas of enigma, domesticity and sheer whim. Himmat turns conventional scale into a mockery and allows for sheer play to dominate his vision, wherein architectural structures are dwarfed and heads enlarged to an enigmatic monumentality. Himmat Shah’s work does not appear to judge the human condition. Instead, it appears to present its existential state, through terms that defy simple definition.

Gayatri Sinha is an independent curator and art critic based in New Delhi. She has edited the