#Ancient Indian Art

[h0bg0blin-meat]

Gandhara Art and Architecture

A beautiful blend of Indo-Greek culture.

[kamlesm]

Door dwar द्वार

[1five1two]

Hoysaleshwara Temple, Halebidu, India.

[mirrutatep]

The Taj Mahal

bluesky ♦ twitter ♦ prints ♦ tip jar

[the-cricket-chirps]

Lotus-Headed Fertility Goddess Lajja Gauri

India (Madhya Pradesh)

ca. 6th century

Metropolitan Museum of Art

[bharatpics]

Indian Home Aesthetics🪷~

[aranyaani]

love how confidently the queen is standing next to the king

[tchai-castor]

I recently had the idea to draw the Titans in ancient indian clothing, this is the one I had been working on for Nightwing. I originally started with Starfire, but I didn't like the result. On top of that I changed the way I color things and the one of Starfire is still in the old style. It's also not colored very well, so there's that as well. I'll probably try recreating it with my new style of coloring.

The main inspiration for the clothing were carved pillar decorations of apsaras by the way. The pose for Starfire I based on an image of an Indian fairytale I saw on Pinterest.

[anirregularperson]

"The feminine cannot, will not surrender

To the wounded masculine...

A man who criticizes her

Belittles

Dishonours

Controls

Manipulates

Abuses

Or attacks her

Her own inner masculine will not allow it

He will rise fiercely to the forefront

To stand guard

To do the job himself

The feminine can and will only surrender

To the divine masculine...

A man who is devoted to her

Elevates

Honours

Cherishes

Supports

And protects her

A man with boundaries

Presence

Direction

Integrity

Accountability

And humility

In this space

She will feel him penetrating her very essence...

Her body

Her mind

Her heart

Her soul

And she will feel safe...

Safe enough to surrender

This is the natural law

This is the dance of healed polarities

This is surrender...

To Love"

~ Karen Star

[itsybitsy-arthistory]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[arthistoryanimalia]

Today is both #ElephantAppreciationDay and #WorldRhinoDay so here is an image featuring both animals:

[Asian] Elephant and [Indian] Rhinoceros in File, cylinder seal (impression), Harappa, Indus Valley, c. 2500 BCE

With bonus crocodilians! (Gharials?)

The photo is of an enlarged impression made of the original cylinder seal from the 1930s excavations at Tell Asmar. Even though it was found in Mesopotamia, it was identified as an import from the Indus Valley. See full record here: https://archive.org/details/ancientsealsofne34marti/page/n19/mode/2up

[h0bg0blin-meat]

The best part about the Chola and Palas styles of sculptures is that everyone's got dat smol waist and wide hips, male or female ☠️

Sometimes the faces are so androgynous idek what their gender is until I look at the chest area

Also these styles are the ones I consider "Everyone's a twink" Styles.

[kamlesm]

Shiv Natraj शिव नटराज

भगवान शिव नटराज🙏Lord Shiv Natraj in चतुर ताण्डव नृत्य मुद्रा 900-1100 AD bronze sculpture from Thiruvarangulam, seemingly from Chola Era @NMnewdelhi सौम्य रूप it seems! Perfect casting melting metal Art of ancient Bharat. History needs rewriting interpretation? beyond mughal pic.twitter.com/RrDQ4GpGY8— g katyan misra (@kamlesm) May 30, 2023

[1five1two]

[marandsviet]

Indian Miku

[viagginterstellari]

Bas-reliefs - Kailasa Temple, Ellora, 2013