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Modern trends and the local traditions
What is the thesis statement of the essay?
The arrival of the modern attitudes and the movement is characterized by the gradual shift in the subject matter, application of the new styles and most importantly the change in the outlook of the artists in looking onto the arts. The visible signs of the modification are depicted by the tastes of the artists to distort, exaggerate, or eliminate selectively specific parts for the common or normal existing forms or to deviate from the established style in the work based on the realism. However, the school of realism unlike elsewhere has had a relatively short history and remains impressive and powerful (Nepali Art 147). This has taken roots especially with the arrival of the two pioneers Tej Bahadur Chitrakar and C.M Mackey with the art education of the western in Calcutta. How the thesis statement is supported by the arguments and major points
In the context of the Nepali art, since the ancient times to present, Kathmandu Valley has in many cases remained a hub and the center of all the creative exercise of the entire country. With the emergence of the modern western education on art, Lainsigh Bandel, who is a domicile Nepali from the Darjeeling hills in India having no roots in the valley of Kathmandu when he appeared when he make an appearance with the distorted forms of humans described as the inspired form the past impressionistic influences. In this case, it was expected that he may reveal or may be free from the cultural and the social contents from Nepal. The human forms he depicted had no traits of Kathmandu though he includes the elements of his environment of the past which were expressed in the physical features and the local attire (Nepali Art 154). Therefore as it was expressed or presented in the modern ways, it shows distortion and exaggeration of the artworks. The current trends remained clearer in retaining and revealing local cultural roots. The arrival of the new artists showed modern ideas and trends in India that was depicted in the interesting times of the recent thoughts and techniques. The Nepali art, in this case, had started to accept with the respect to the modern expression. The psyche of the people had also changed significantly changed and had begun to get ready for the modern experimentation and the newer perspectives of art. The copying of the contemporary views, in this case, indicate that the trend in the local tradition was changing.
Compare and contrast with your prior cultural experience and knowledge
The cultural experience that I knew previously is that the artworks were never changed in the modern art of education. Therefore it is evident that the new artwork that was developed by the current artworks have got distortion and exaggerations which may be different from the ancient one. The old artworks valued certain visible features that were identifiable with particular beliefs, but the current artworks have distorted information which depicts the environment and the attire of the artist. However, both the present and the ancient artworks still maintain the use of the visible features such as the mountains though it has some changed backgrounds. The insight obtained from the reading is that the modern art education comes with the new perceptions and modification which tend to obscure the original artworks.