Tradition And Innovation :

A critic once remarked "Any form of art is like a tree which needs fresh manure and fertilizers now and then, so that it can grow, bear fruit and survive". Though this analogy may look morbid and matter-of-fact, there is positively an element of truth in it. Tradition of art dies hard and in some cases tradition survives even after millennia of existence. Sometimes, tradition changes

perceptibly during certain era of political and sociological upheavals, imbibing new currents and ideas. And in due course all the new trends become one with tradition. It is this tradition that is responsible for all classicism in arts and vice versa.

Any way, classical concepts and traditional trends go hand-in-hand. This aspect of art forms leads ultimately to many phenomenal up-heavals. Every student of art knows that present trends in painting, sculpture and other arts, all over the world have undergone enormous changes. In the west, the classical arts of the middle ages and renaissance are no longer followed by the present days artists. The paintings of Michael Angelo, Raphel, Leonardo da Vinci, Rembrandt and others and the superb sculptures of Leonardo da Vinci, Donatello, Verrachhio and others are to-day sources of inspiration to modern artist, not to be copied or followed, but to be admired and preserved as classical masterpieces.