• Ritesh Ranjan

Classism in Indian sculpture is a concept that cannot be viewed from the understanding of western aesthetics. According to Scholar Stella kramrisch ‘naturalism depicted in Indian art, as far back as the Indus valley civilization, is not an endeavour as in western art but an unavoidable condition. The main medium in India from actual seeing to artistic form is modelling. This modelling, a legacy of the Palaeolithic period had crystallized through the ages into a phantom of pristine force. Innervation is the energy that brings about movement but in the animal seals found in Indus valley, this Innervation seems to be present even while the animal is still, bringing about the feeling of pent-up energy from within the creature. This feeling of Pent-up energy or ‘Prana’, as described by Stella Kramrisch is what we see evolving in Indian sculpture from Bharut to Amravati, ultimately achieving its high point in the Gupta period sculptures. She further states that this feeling of ‘Prana’ that the Indian sculptor invokes in his art is through the plasticity that he achieves in his work, which trans-substantiates it from the realm of the physical to that of the spiritual.

Classical Art, Classicism, Indian Sculpture, Classic Sculpture, Ancient Indian Art

"Classicism In Indian Sculpture", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.218-223, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901A29.pdf

"Classicism In Indian Sculpture", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp218-223, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901A29.pdf