The Huemanist l Art History & Aesthetics

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Whenever we talk about the muse, western art history pops out with some exclusive examples of artists and beautiful ladies who inspired the artists ranging from Renaissance to contemporary art. India’s primitive kind of art did not give us an account of the lovely ladies who posed for the artists. Highly muse oriented works of Ravi Varma and his introduction to the western style of realistic painting first time in India made his paintings excel during the period. He exceeded all the artists of the prestigious court of Travancore and even won many national and International awards. In 1904 the imperial government awarded  Ravi Varma with Kaiser-i-Hind Medal. The award mentioned the title 'Raja' for the first time against his name.   Ravi Varma won Governor’s Gold Medal in 1873 for the painting Nair Lady Adorning Her Hair Raja Ravi Varma and brother Raja Varma left Travancore after the death of his patron Raja Aiyiliam Thirunal and settled in Bombay (now Mumbai...

The Art world has not changed since ancient Greece when nine goddess daughters of Zeus motivated artists to create Aesthetically beautiful Art. They always needed muses. The long record of Art history shows us some extraordinary examples of beautiful paintings of ladies that inspired artists. Do we often see men doing the muse role? Since the Renaissance, female artists have worked alongside their fellow male artists, subduing gender discrimination to achieve a recognizable position in the Art world. They created some extraordinary art despite the struggle to exist in the art circles. Still, it is difficult to find depictions of men that were female artist’s lovers, friends and muses. Despite museums filled with beautiful female nudes, female artists were not allowed in the nude class even after a few centuries Renaissance. After looking at this fact, there comes a thought, was Renaissance was really a ‘Rebirth’ or ‘Reawakening’? Surely not for female artists. Still, female ar...