moorti kala

yakshini, Patna sangrahaalaya mein

shilpakala (sculpture) kala ka vah roop hai jo trivimeeya (three-dimensional) hoti hai. yeh kathor padaarth (jaise patthar), mrudu padaarth (plastic material) evam prakaash aadi se banaaye ja sakte hain. moortikla ek atipraacheen kala hai.

nepaali mall vansh ki 14veen shati ki bahurangi lakdi ki moorti

Bhaarat ke vaas‍aatushil‍aap, moortikla, kala aur shil‍aap ki jade bhaarateeya sabh‍aayata ke itihaas mein bahut door gahari prateet hoti hain. bhaarateeya moortikla aaram‍aabh se hi yathaarth roop liye hue hai jismein maanav aakrutiyon mein praaya: patali kamar, lacheele angon aur ek taroon aur sanvedanaapoorn roop ko chitrit kiya jaata hai. bhaarateeya moortiyon mein ped-paudhon aur jeev jan‍aatuon se lekar asankh‍aaya devi devataaon ko chitrit kiya gaya hai.

Bhaarat ki sindhu ghaati sabh‍aayata ke mohanajodadon ke bade-bade jal kun‍aad praacheen moortikla ka ek shresh‍aath udaaharan hain. dakshin ke mandiron jaise ki kaancheepuram, madurai, shreerangam aur raamesh‍aavaram tatha uttar mein Varanasi ke mandiron ki nak‍aakaashi ki us ut‍aakrush‍aat kala ke chir-prachalit udaaharan hai jo Bhaarat mein samruddh hui.

keval yahi naheen, madh‍aaya pradesh ke khajuraaho mandir aur udeesa ke soorya mandir mein is ut‍aakrush‍aat kala ka jeeta jaagata roop hai. saanchi s‍aatoop ki moortikla bhi bahut bhav‍aaya hai jo teesari sadi E.poo. se hi iske aas-paas banaae gaye jangalon (baalus‍aatreds) aur toran dvaaron ko alankrut kar rahi hain. maamal‍aalaapuram ka mandir; saaranaath sangrahaalaya ke laayan kepeetal (jahaan se Bhaarat ki sarkaari muhar ka namana taiyaar kiya gaya tha) mein morya ki pat‍aathar ki moorti, mahaat‍aama buddh ke jeevan ki ghatnaaon ko chitrit karne waali amaraavati aur naagarjunaghonda ki vaas‍aatushil‍aapeeya moortiyaan iske an‍aaya udaaharan hain.

hin‍aadu gufa vaas‍aatushil‍aap ki paraakaash‍aatha mum‍aabai ke nikat eleefeinta gufaaon me dekhi ja sakti hai aur isi prakaar elora ke hin‍aadu aur jain shail mandir vishesh roop se aathaveen shataab‍aadi ka Kailash mandir vaas‍aatushil‍aap ka yeh roop dekha ja sakta hai.

itihaas ke kala khandon ke samruddh saaksh‍aaya sanket karte hain ki bhaarateeya shil‍aap kala ko ek samay poore vish‍aav mein uch‍aachatam s‍aathaan praap‍aat tha.

France ke livr sangrahaalaya mein teen sundariyaaain (Les trois Graces) naamak moorti

• Mathura ki moortikla
• gaandhaar kala

• bhaarateeya shilp : raamamanohar lohiya
• aadhunik bhaarateeya moortikla
• India Crafts
• Architecture of India
• Essays on sculpture from Sweet Briar College, Department of Art History
• International Sculpture Center
• Sculpture artists listings from the-artists.org
• Escultores.com Videos and pictures of sculpture
• Corning Museum of Glass
• Cass Sculpture Foundation charity dedicated to commissioning monumental sculpture