art history

 

                                                   Fig .1.The goddess Durga as the slayer of the                          
                                                        Buffalo-demon Mahisha (14^TH-15^TH centuries

                         

                                                             Fig.2. Young warrior (early 16^th century)

Fig 1 is the artwork from the part of southeast part of Asia, Nepal, in between 14^th and 15^th  centuries. The goddess in the picture is the Hindu goddess durga with 18 arms. She is considered the goddess of power and she demonstrates the victory of good over bad. She slays the demon that appeared in front of her as the buffalo.

Fig 2 is the European artwork from the early 16^th century. It is the sculpture of the young warrior and the full length of this picture is supposed to show the spear in the hand so as to represent the nature of the warrior.

Both the picture clearly illustrates the difference in the artwork of Southeast Asia and Europe around the same time when the material used is concerned. However, both the shows some similarity as these represent the power. Fig 1 is the goddess that has the almighty power on the other hand fig 2 is the warrior who fought the battle, symbolize power.  While Southeast Asia designed the sculpture using the copper, Europe fascinated the art history with its uses of marble. Both the artwork has been able to clearly shape the each detail of the person it represents. The body of the warrior and his clothes details are seen clearly. While the hands and the body parts of the goddess are easily distinguishable.

Overall the art history during the 14^th and 15^th century can be considered as the developing one. Artist during that period has so been able to give the detail information about their artworks.

By seeing the similarities between these artworks ,we cant really tell that they know each other. Asia were using metals for their artwork in this period while Europe was using the marble.
Both the artwork deserves its place in the art history as they both holds their own importance . And they represents the art of the particular time zone.