Discuss the Indus Valley civilization in regard to its location, architecture, and art forms. What themes are present in the art of Indus cultures that carry forward to subsequent eras?
What will be an ideal response?
The Indus civilization developed in the Indus River valley of the Hindu Kush mountain range, which today is Pakistan. The engineering skills of the Indus architects were quite advanced, building their cities on stone foundations with straight stone-paved streets laid out in a grid pattern. Houses were constructed of fired brick.
The few artifacts found, including a small sandstone torso, revealed softly modeled, rounded forms, differing dramatically from ancient Mediterranean sculpture. A carved seal stone reveals an Indus writing system and includes a figure in a classic pose of meditation and images that suggest later Hindu gods.
You might also like to view...
The Surrealist who wanted to make the viewer conscious of the limitations of signs and language was ______.
a. Meret Oppenheim b. Salvador Dalí c. Rene Magritte d. Giorgio de Chirico e. Joan Miró
New Wave relied on the dance beat of disco
a. True b. False
The total number of prints made and approved by the artist, usually number consecutively, refers to the ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following are the earliest Japanese artworks?
A. Asuka Buddhist statues B. Nara lacquer figures C. Copies of Chinese Shang bronzes D. Jomon ceramics