Indic

Examples of Indic in the following topics:

• Champa Art in Early Vietnam

  • While the art of Northern Vietnam was strongly influenced by Chinese domination and reflected Confucian and Mahayana Buddhist traditions, southern and central Vietnam were a part of the Indic kingdom of Champa (ca. 500 - 1500 CE).
  • Champa was an Indic civilization that flourished along the coasts of central and southern Vietnam between 500 and 1500 CE, lying on important trade routes that linked India, China, and the Indonesian islands.
  • Describe the art and architecture of the Indic kingdom of Champa

• Rococo in Painting and Sculpture

  • The work employs serpentine lines, a reasonably pastel palette and themes of love indicative of Rococo artwork.
  • 'Pygmalion and Galatee' is indicative of Etienne Maurica Falconet's Rococo style in its depiction of lighthearted love, including a cherub indicating its predisposition to mythology.

• Bronze Age Rock Carvings

  • This could be mere coincidence, an indication that certain groups of people migrated widely from some initial common area, or the indication of a common origin.

• Sculpture in Southeast Asia

  • Between the 1st and 8th centuries CE, several Indic kingdoms competed for dominance in Southeast Asia, particularly the Cambodian Funan and the Burmese Mon.
  • The Indic civilization of Champa flourished along the coasts of what is now central and southern Vietnam from 500 CE onward.

• The Stone Age

  • There are also various examples of carved bone and ivory flutes in the Paleolithic era, indicating another art form utilized by prehistoric humans.
  • In particular, Venus figurines are the most indicative of this era.
  • Archaeologists can only speculate on their meaning, but their ubiquitous nature indicates a universal human attraction to art and possibly religion.

• Offerings

  • In individual pre-Christian ethnic religions, terms translated as "sacrifice" include the Indic yajna, the Greek thusia, the Germanic blōtan, the Semitic qorban/qurban, etc.

• Ceramics in Neolithic China

  • It is a clear indication that Neolithic agricultural sub-groups of the greater Longshan culture had spread out across the ancient boundaries of China.

• Meaning in Nonrepresentational Art

  • Abstract art, nonfigurative art, nonobjective art, and nonrepresentational art are related terms that indicate a departure from reality in the depiction of imagery in art.

• Figurative and Abstract Art

  • Abstraction indicates a departure from reality in its depiction of imagery.

• Lagash and the Third Dynasty of Ur

  • Plan indicating the real estate of the city of Umma, with indications of the surfaces of the parts.