Abstract
Art is one of the cultural activities of man through which he reaches his ideas, values, feelings, aspirations and reactions to life. The generic purpose of art is to provide aesthetic experience and enjoyment to the recipient. Art give outlet to the artist himself to reveal and express his innermost aspirations, feelings, sentiments and also the impressions of life. Aesthetics, the branch of philosophy devoted to conceptual and theoretical enquiry into art. Philosophy of Indian art is concerned with the nature of art and the concepts in terms of which individual work of art interpreted and evaluated. It deals with most of the general principles of aesthetic cognition of the world through any human activity. The human concern for art and beauty had been expressed at the very beginning of philosophy both in the East and West and it continues to the present. In India, philosophy of art is designated as saundaryasastra, which is evolved with an emphasis on inducing special spiritual or philosophical states in the audience or with representing them symbolically. It deals with most of the general principles of aesthetic cognition of the world through any human activity. The human concern for art and beauty had been expressed at the very beginning. The rich tradition of Indian aesthetics can be traced back to the second century BC with Bharata’s Natyasastra, the foundation text on Saundaryasastra. Indian aesthetics is evolved with an emphasis on inducing special spiritual or philosophical states in the audience.
Highlights
The philosophical support of art is traditional
In Indian aesthetics the basic sentiments depicted in art called sthayibhavas are held to be rooted in the fundamental instincts and emotions or vasanas of man, and the judgment of taste though essentially subjective, derives some objectivity from the consensus of the sympathetic observers or sahrathayas this scope of Saundaryasastra, is not limited as it includes names such as rasa theory, Kavyasastra, and Alankarasastra etc one thing that must be made clear that Indian art has a unique identity of its own
The evaluation and analysis of philosophy of art, made by this chapter reveals the fact that tradition of Indian art has five thousand years long history and it is older than the Greek or Western tradition of art
Summary
The philosophical support of art is traditional. It represents the complete fusions and synthesis of the consciousness for art and beauty that had been expressed in the very beginning of philosophy and it is continuous to the present day in different forms. In Indian aesthetics the basic sentiments depicted in art called sthayibhavas are held to be rooted in the fundamental instincts and emotions or vasanas of man, and the judgment of taste though essentially subjective, derives some objectivity from the consensus of the sympathetic observers or sahrathayas this scope of Saundaryasastra, is not limited as it includes names such as rasa theory, Kavyasastra, and Alankarasastra etc one thing that must be made clear that Indian art has a unique identity of its own It is determined by its long cultural traditions and ideological grounds. It is clear that this one piece of sculpture reverberates with so many meaning full truth of life
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