Sunday Reading: Visit to an Art Gallery: Ajanta Exhibition

Thursday, 30 September.

Sunday Reading: Visit to an Art Gallery: Ajanta Exhibition.

Our last Sunday Reading was given by Barad Sir that visit to an Art Gallery at Khodidas Paramar Art Gallery Sradarnagar, Bhavanagar. There was Ajanta Exhibition for three days.It is known as City Museum also. 

About Art Gallery:

Khodias Paramar one of the prominent figure in our Artistic Personalities. He was born at Bhavanagar. His best contribution to the fine art or introducing to upcoming generation about the art or ancient painting.This Art Gallery is owned by Government. Last Sunday there is Ajanta Caves Pictures Exhibition. My colleagues took videos and clicks for those students who were not able to go there or  lived out of station.Here some pictures taken by my colleagues:

Posture of Exhibition. 

This is an outlook of city museum. 

Entering Gate with the painting of Khodidas Paramar Sir. 

Exhibition had started with Khodidas Sir's painting Photo.

Visitors who observing various paintings. 

Real painting picture of Padmapani from the cave.

          

In this wall mural, Padmapani was notable avatar of 108 avatars from Avalokiteśvara, who holds in his hands one lotus which in Sanskrit we can say "Padma" This Bodhisattva described as described and portrayed in different culture as either male or female. In this mural, there is one Kinnara on, over the right side of mural or some other devotional humans on there. May be they are seeing to Padmapani in very deeply way.To see Padmapani, he has curly hair or heavy "Tiara." Also wear one beautiful Perl necklace or earrings. From observing his wearing style, it's shows the ancient looking of Buddha's time or nearby there.     

Painting picture of Padmapani from the exhibition. 

 

Here, In this video,one my colleague introduced various paintings.

About Ajanta Caves:

• 30 spellbinding Buddhist prayer halls and monasteries carved.
• A horseshoe-shaped rock face in a mountainous region of India’s Maharashtra state, 450km (280 miles) east of Mumbai, were ‘discovered’ by accident in 1819.
• Since 1983, the Ajanta Caves have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Air look of Ajanta Caves taken from the nearby hill.

A scene from Vidurapandita Jataka: the birth of the Buddha.

This video introduced to Historical Transition of Ajanta Cave.

Resources:

• Padmapani's Image:Wikipedia
• Ajanta Cave's Image no.1
• Ajanta Cave's Image no.2
• Introductory of art gallery-Video
• Last Video

Thinking Activity : Renaissance Literature

Monday,27 September.2021 

This blog post is response of thinking activity which assigned by Dr. Dilip Barad Sir.

• Write in brief about Chaucer or Edmund Spencer or Ben Jonson or Francis Bacon or on any of their works.

In the whole history of english literature, Elizabethan Age is know as The Golden age. The period was full of Dramatic personalities, enthusiastic atmosphere and especially Individuality in literature which all were under the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. There were many writers or poets and so many literary personalities were also gives the golden part of their writing styles. 

Edmund Spenser:

As William J.Long mentioned,

"only a poor scholar knows how to create for himself he read the classics, made acquaintance with the great Italian poets, and wrote numberless little poems of his own."

Three Periods Of His Life:

Edmund Spenser was an english poet(1552-1599),birth and death place both are London.Chaucer was his "beloved"He was a busy man of affairs but in him the poet and the scholar always predominates. He wrote "View Of the State Of Ireland (1596) Only one prose work. Its only prose work in which he submits a plan for"pacifying the oppesses and rebellious people." In his life,there was one financial problem occurred that a yearly pension of fifty pounds given by queen Elizabeth, but rarely paid, and the poet turned back to exile, that is, to Ireland again. 

In 1594 he married Elizabeth, an Irish girl and also celebrating his wedding with his "Epithalamion," one of the most beautiful wedding hymns in any language written by him. In 1595, he published "Astrophel,"an elegy on the death of his friend Sidney, and three more books of the Faery Queen.

According to Ben Jonson he died "for want of bread"; but whether that is a poetic way of saying that he had lost his property or that he actually died of destitution.

According to Camden, "casting their elegies and the pens that had written them into his tomb."

About his work:

As we know that Spenser is the famous for his writing on magical or lyrical way of poetry. His poems are the treasury of  the power which always attract to readers towards him. Also, the power of beauty is strongly shown by readers. I think, Spenser shown himself as the great example of individuality of Elizabethan Age. Here, one list about the famous literary legends of the Elizabethan Age:

• Sir Phillip Sidney 
• Edmund Spenser
• Walter Raleigh
• Richard Hooker
• Christopher Marlowe
• William Shakespeare
• John Webster

 

 

Why Spenser known as Poet's Poet?

In very short answer by W.J.Long that:

It is Spenser's idealism, his love of beauty and his exquisite melody which have caused him to be known as "Poet's Poet"

Characteristics of Spenser's poetry:

• a  perfect melody 
• a rare sense of beauty
• a splendid imagination 
• the thronging ideals of Renaissance
• a lofty moral purity and seriousness 
• a dedicate idealism, which could make all nature and every common thing beautiful

About Faery Queen:

Faery Queen is very famous or great work of Spenser. First three parts of book were published in 1589 and later on again three were published in 1596. One of the longest poem in english language. Spenser's original plan regarding this poem that will write twenty four books, but its was not possible. He completed only six books. Some key points about the poem are:

• adventure and triumph of knight
• each one represented a moral value
• twelve private Moral Virtues
• poems tells the story of the conflicts
• purely allegorical
• life as struggle between good and evil
• characters like, Knight of Red cross representing Holiness,the second with Temperance, the third with Chastity,the fourth with friendship, fifth with Justice and last sixth with Courtesy.
• use of Spenserian Stanza as invited a new verse of poetic form by Spenser.

Comparison between Chaucer and Spenser:

                                                                       

Why Spenser choose only Morality in his poetry?

As we know that Spenser known for his Morality poems. Likewise Faery Queen or Shepherd's Calendar. In both works his central idea is Morality. But my argument is that why he not choose religion or other political matters which were occurred on that time?

As William J. Long said,

"Under her administration the English national life progressed by gigantic leaps rather than by slow historical process, and English literature reached the very highest point of its development."  

RESOURCES:

Images:

Edmund Spenser-Wikipedia

Faery Queen-Wikipedia

Books:

William J. Long History

Edward  Albert History

                                                                               

Welcome Function 2021-23

Date :18/09/2021

Saturday.

 

Invitation Card 

Department of English, Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University (MKBU) Batch 2020-22 celebrated welcome function to the upcoming Batch 2021-23. Our seniors had very well organized the function on short period of time. Due to this epidemic situation they were organized the function on Mixed-Mode. Here I would like to share some glimpse of the Function. 

After the tradition to respect our university by singing University song and then prayer our function was begun. First of all, a brief introduction of the function present by our Dean of Arts Faculty MKBU Dr.Dilip Brad Sir. He warmly welcomed us on department or also wishes us for the journey.In our department, there are12 Committees. Including-

• Daily Schedule Committee
• Gardening Committee
• Library Committee
• ICT Committee
• Bulletin Board Committee
• Celebration of Event Committee
• Documentation Committee
• Art and Creativity Committee
• Movie Screening Committee
• Financial Management Committee
• Mass Media Committee

Here some picture of Various Committees:

Our seniors had very well organized ppt files,elements of related subjects were also put on presentation beautifully by them. They also put their contact numbers or mail address that we as future committees leaders or members will contact them for queries regarding particular committee or for more information. That also very helpful to us. 

After completing their all presentation from online or offline mode, from our class we were present some events like:

• Traditional Dance
• Poetry Recitation
• Comedy Monologue
• Experience at Department
• Live Painting
• Vote of thanks regarding to the function

Here some picture of our presentation:

Oue professor mam Miss.Yesha Bhatt also welcomed to us. Here some pictures regarding this:

And after this, our HOD Dr.Dilip Barad sir gave us final remark regarding the function. He also put the video of the function on his own You Tube channel. Here is the Link. Video is chapterized by sir so viewers can enjoy on easy way.

 

The day was full of memories, unbreakable learning,the energy and many more things which we learnt and we will learn from our seniors or their availability to their teaching instincts.