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Art & Letters. India and Pakistan New Series 1948

1948

Before the great Shiva he performed the drama of the Churning of the ocean and the drama of the Burning of the Seven Cities—an exploit of Mahesh Himself. [...] Every incident in the life of the Shepherd God either that of the stealing of the butter or the teasing of the Gopis that went to fetch water or the lifting of the mountain Goverdhan on his little finger or the vanquishing of the Kaliya serpent or the dancing of the Ras-leela in the Braindaban with the Brijnaris with his intoxicating flute was interpreted in dancing. [...] The relation between the two—the Gopa and the Gopi the deity and the devotee—is conceived of as that between the lover and the beloved an analogy employed by mystics the world over. [...] The beautiful aspects of this dance are the pleasing play of the eyes the arch movements of the neck the graceful spreading out of the hands and the fanciful rhythmic patterns of the feet. [...] The main function of the actor or the dancer according to the Hindu scriptures is to evoke in the audience a sentiment similar to that of the story or the episode being performed and the greatness of an artist depends on the success with which he is able to do so.1 He achieves this end by means of Rasa-Abhinaya.
the arts art history
Pages
54
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.147581
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i unknown view
Frontmatter
ii-ii unknown view
Spring in Santiniketan
43-43 Austin Coates view
Muhammed and the Moon
44-44 Austin Coates view
The Hindu Dance
44-54 Nataraj Vashi view
Sundanese Music
54-57 Jaap Kunst view
Kangra Frescoes
57-59 J.C. French view
A Far Eastern Branch of the Aramaean Script
60-66 K. Groenbech view
Book Reviews
66-71 unknown view
Backmatter
i-v unknown view

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