3. • MY TERM PAPER IS ON THE
ARTICLE “THE ROCK ART OF INDIA”
WRITTEN BY DR JEAN CLOTTES .
•THIS IS ACCOUNT PRESENTED AS A
PART OF BRADSHAW FOUNDATION
INDIAN ROCK ART ARCHIVE.
• IN THIS ARTICLE THE AUTHOR
BRIEFS ABOUT VARIOUS ROCK ARTS
PRESENT IN CENTRAL INDIA.
4. •The appreciation of art is
probably the only thing that
distinguishes humans from
other animals.
•Creativity; whether in the form
of writing, dance, or music;
makes ones very existence
meaningful.
CREATIVITY
5. •Rock arts ,first, enter into the
present context of traditional
arts; second, move backward in
time to rock art; and third,
construct a dialogical frame in
which the visual text and the
traditional context are
compared...all these go for
making a pluralistic world view
to realize the creative dimension
of rock art’.
•It is the universality of the
medium and the message within
this global creative urge that
holistic thinking and alternate
WHY ONLY ROCK ARTS???
6. •ROCK ART IS A TERM USED IN
ARCHEOLOGY FOR ANY HUMAN
MADE MARKINGS MADE ON
NARURAL STONE.
•IT IS ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING
AND EMOTONALLY AFFECTING
CREATIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS.
•THEY GIVE A FASCINATING
INSIGHT TO A LOST WORLD THAT
IS GEOGRAPHICALLY AND
ARCHEAOLOGICALLY
UNEXPECTED.
WHAT IS ROCK ART?
7. WHYTHIS ARTICLE?
“INDIAN ROCK ART IS NOT WELL RECOGNISED IN ABROAD ,DESPITETHE FACT
THAT IT HAS AVAST COLLECTION OF ANCIENT ROCK PAINTINGS.”
-JEAN CLOTTES
JEAN CLOTTESWASTHE FIRSTTO ADMIT AND PROVETHAT INDIA IS NO
WHERE COMPARATIVELY LESSTO OTHER COUNTRIES IN ROCK ART.
8. CRITICAL ANALYSIS
The paper provides a definitive and
quantitative analysis of the rock art
discoveries so far made in central
India.
Given Jean Clottes' understanding of
the complexities of the subject, his
experience and knowledge gained from
viewing cave paintings around the
9. The article failed on
highlighting the drastic
need for the
preservation of rock art
The article has two
themes :The history
of Indian rock art and
its characteristics
10. Nowadays, India is one of the
rare countries in the world with a
continuing ethnological tradition
which has manifested itself in a
vivid tribal life, even though, as
far as we know, rock art has not
been made for a very long time
and the memory of its purposes
and meanings has long been
gone.
ROCK ART-
exploring past
and informing
future !!!
12. CONCLUSION
•India with its innumerable monuments stands in the
top rank of all nations for the importance of its cultural
heritage. If this has long been known, Indian rock art,
on the other hand, is just starting to achieve the fame
that it deserves.
•In the years to come, much more work will be done
on its dating and on registering its innumerable
paintings and engravings.