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ART AND CULTURE - August 2019

Aug 2019

Jan 27, 2020

Tableaux Showcase Diversity and Heritage

The festivals of India's youngest state, Telangana, the architectural and cultural heritage of Jaipur which won the Unesco World Heritage tag in June 2019, Jammu & Kashmir's 'back to village' programme, were some of the themes among the 22 tableaux that rolled down Rajpath to mark the country's 71st Republic Day.
While 16 states and Union Territories showcased their cultural heritage and motifs, six departments and ministries of the Union government displayed themes that best represent the work they have done or aspire to do.
While the Punjab tableau showcased the ideology of Guru Nanak, Gujarat put displayed its ancient architectural style in the form of 'Rani ki vav', a Unesco World Heritage Site in Patan city.
Meghalaya themed its tableau around the state's interactions with nature in the form of the double decker living root bridge, while Goa put on display its government's 'save a frog' initiative.
Among the Union government departments, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) made a debut with a tableau showcasing the flood rescue team in action. The department of drinking water and sanitation on the other hand, underlined the government's 'Jal Jeevan Mission' initiative, which aims at providing functioning tap connections to every house by 2024.
The department for promotion of industry and internal trade on the other hand, emphasised the value of start-ups in India.
Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, the ministry of shipping, and department of financial services are some of the other tableaux that marched down Rajpath.

Jan 26, 2020

Mahatma Gandhi Bust to Be Set Up At IMO Headquarters in London

Mahatma Gandhi's bust will be set up at the International Maritime Organisation headquarters in London coinciding with the 150th birth anniversary celebration of the Father of the Nation.
IMO Secretary General Kitack Lim consented for it during a meeting with Shipping Minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya at Davos, Switzerland.
Mandaviya is presently on a four-day official visit to Davos to attend the Annual World Economic Forum Meeting.

Jan 25, 2020

India's First War Memorial for Animals

A war memorial that is being planned in Meerut is set to feature a heroine who lost her life in a counter-insurgency operation in Kashmir in 2016.
It is also likely to feature some others who acquitted themselves creditably in the Kargil war India fought with Pakistan in 1999.
What makes the memorial unique is that it is devoted to service animals, mostly dogs, but also horses and mules. It will be the country's first animal war memorial and recognise heroics on the battlefield, devotion to duty and outstanding contribution to military service alongside soldiers.
The memorial will come up at the Remount and Veterinary Corps (RVC) Centre and College in Meerut where the army breeds, rears, and trains dogs, mules and horses.

Ghent Altarpiece: Lamb's 'Alarmingly Humanoid' Face Surprises Art World

The restoration of a prized 15th Century painting has revealed the "human-like face of a lamb", surprising art critics and spurring debate.
The Ghent Altarpiece, completed by Hubert and Jan Van Eyck in 1432, has captivated the art world for centuries.
Housed at St. Bavo's Cathedral in Ghent, Belgium, it is seen as the first major oil painting to gain global fame.
Since 2012, a 2.2m euro (£1.8m; $2.4m) project to restore the artwork has been taking place at a museum in Belgium.
In the second phase of the project, which ended last month, restorers made some unexpected discoveries.
Restorers found that the central panel of the artwork, known as the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, had been painted over in the 16th Century.
Another artist had altered the Lamb of God, a symbol for Jesus depicted at the centre of the panel.
Now conservationists have stripped away the overpaint, revealing the lamb's "intense gaze" and "large frontal eyes".

Jan 24, 2020

First Digital Exhibition on Indian Heritage Inaugurated

The State of Culture and Tourism minister launched a month long exhibition on Indian Heritage in New Delhi. The exhibition was launched in digital space and will stay online till February 15, 2020.
This exhibition is first of its kind in the country. The visitors of the exhibition will find architectural and conjectural reconstructions, recreations of socio-cultural traditions and life of Hampi and also many more murals. Through this, the exhibition will take heritage to wider population. It has overcome the barrier that heritage was restricted only to research. When the reach of significance of heritage increases, accountability of citizens increases. This will help to protect age old structures and monuments in a better way.

Jan 18, 2020

Oldest Known Sketch of Venice Unearthed

A Renaissance historian has unearthed the oldest known image of Venice dating from the 14th century, showing how even then the city of canals gripped the imagination of visitors.
Sandra Toffolo, a researcher at the University of Saint Andrews in Scotland, found the sketch in a manuscript describing Italian pilgrim Niccolo da Poggibonsi's 1346-1350 voyage to Jerusalem which took him through the bustling port city.
The discovery of this view of the city is of great importance for our understanding of images of Venice, because it shows that even from very early on, the city held great fascination for contemporaries.

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