Mona Lisa does not smile anymore--A book on false European Renaissance and art of India

By viktor vijayKumar

Arts, Photography & Design

Language: English Not Rated (NR)

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The firstpart of the book traces the creative foundation of superlative art and Indianart is regarded high for its humanism. The contextual of war, violence andnationalism is raised in the quest for sterling art. The role ofmemory—voluntary and involuntary—is also investigated in artistic creation. Thepredominant focus is on the inner consciousness and the element of ‘chance’ astools in creativity. The question of time and indeterminacy is also looked intovis-à-vis art.

The second part carries forward firstpart premises that an art without humanism can not be great. The book makes acase for the superiority of Indian art compared to Renaissance art. The MonaLisa painting is a symbol of the so called Renaissance society. At the verytime Vasco da Gama journeyed to Indiabegan the story of pain, sufferings and subjugation of Indians—the firstexperience of Colonialism. The rest of the world would suffer no less—slavetrade, forced conversions, atrocities and Inquisition in the name of religion.It was a false Renaissance that caused untold suffering to people all over theworld. Consequently the emblem of Mona Lisa and her smile was no reason forrejoicing by subjugated races. The great offshoots of Hinduism—Jainism andBuddhism are exceptional examples of the non violence, humanism and love whichis faithfully reflected in the art and hence far more authentic.

The book thus makes a case for superiority of Indian art for it did notemerge from ruthless, totalitarian, colonizing ethos of West of the time

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