ART 701A ASSIGNMENT Date 3 rd February, 2014 The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribe or Adivasis, living in Mountainous as well as coastal areas of Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas.They have their own animistic beliefs, life, customs and traditions,as a result of acculturation they have adopted many Hindu beliefs. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belong to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. Warli art resemble cave paintings in many respects. They are mostly primitive looking and use basic geometric shapes like square, triangle and circle. The following points can be stressed upon in this painting:
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ART 701A ASSIGNMENT Date 3rd February, 2014
The Warlis or Varlis are an indigenous tribe or Adivasis, living in Mountainous as well as coastal areas of Maharashtra-Gujarat border and surrounding areas.They have their own animistic beliefs, life, customs and traditions,as a result of acculturation they have adopted many Hindu beliefs. The Warlis speak an unwritten Varli language which belong to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages and the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Warli art resemble cave paintings in many respects. They are mostly primitive looking and use basic geometric shapes like square, triangle and circle. The following points can be stressed upon in this painting:
1. Focal Point – The tree at the centre is the focus of attention. It prominently projects itself to the eyes of the viewer.
2. Directionality – Elements surrounding the focus seem to point towards the focal point. Birds on both sides are flying towards the tree, human are facing towards the tree.
3. Activity – There is a lot of activity depicted in this painting. Birds are flying, and humans are engaged in many different activities. Some are dancing, some seem to be praying to the tree, some are carrying log and one of them is sitting in the house.
4. Creativity – Warli paintings normally have a background and a distinct foreground. But this painting marks a departure from the traditional ones in the sense that the painter has chosen to use two distinct colours for the background. Both of these are primary colours.
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