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Paintings Of A Different Era - Do They Compete?
Warli Paintings Folk Art
Painting / Tribal Paintings, India Rajput Paintings or Rajasthani
Paintings, India Mughal Paintings, India Tanjore Paintings, India
Paintings have been a
passion of man since prehistoric times in India and the world. The
heritage of Indian painting is very rich as it covers a wide range of
themes, colors, techniques, artists and regions. The story of colors also
is not less interesting as they have been prepared from a number of
resources extending from different vegetation colors to innumerable
minerals. Not only this but Indian paintings are drawn on a variety of
materials too like cotton, silk, paper, canvas, cave walls, wooden
flat surfaces and on many other places.
Indian
Paintings
Indian Painting
is an old tradition, with ancient texts outlining theories of
color and anecdotal accounts suggesting that it was common for households
to paint their doorways or indoor rooms where guests reside, when
dates passed the styles and expression of paintings also began to
change. They occupy their places in the name of contemporary
arts and traditional arts. The
collection of contemporary arts was produced since World War II.
The contemporary art was first pictured with an abstract expressionism
during the 1960s. Indian paintings have evolved over the years to
become a fusion of various traditions which influenced them. The
traditional art form of India consists mainly of Warli paintings,
Thangka, Tanjore, Kalamkari, Pichwais etc.
Warli Paintings,
India
Among the traditional arts
the Warli painting is the most outstanding work ever discovered. This
art form is simple in comparison to the vibrant paintings. The only
color used in creating Warli paintings is white obtained from grounded
rice into white powder. These paintings depict mythological characters or
images of deities, social life. Images of human beings and animals,
along with scenes from daily life are created in a loose rhythmic pattern
in the painting. The themes are often repetitive and symbolic in nature.
Many of the Warli paintings contain the auspicious image of the marriage
God or 'Palghat' and a marriage 'Chowkatt' (a design made at the time of
marriage). Warli, the fine Indian tribal Art has made its way to the world
market and has obtained priced possessions in art galleries and private
collectors all across the world.
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Folk Art Painting / Tribal Paintings, India
Folk Art Paintings or
Tribal paintings are the tradition of Indian
tribals, as old as its trees and
rivers and hills and humans. From time immemorial tribal people have
expressed themselves through the medium of painting. Images have been
sketched on pots and pans, on walls of village houses, on dried leaves and
later on clothes and paper. Executed in almost all possible ways,
painting has been an integral part of Indian civilization.
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Evolving out of the cave
paintings of prehistoric period, tribal Painting continues to be a living
tradition. Contemporary society has unearthed this immense treasure of
tribal paintings that was shrouded in anonymity and neglect. Warli
paintings, Saura paintings and other forms of tribal art have
internationally acclaimed possessions today. India's folk art paintings
are India's pride, for they are the untouched specimens of an age old
tradition.
Rajput
Paintings or Rajasthani Paintings, India
Rajput Paintings or
Rajasthani Paintings - style of Indian painting, evolved and
flourished, during the 18th century, in the royal courts of Rajputana,
India. Rajput paintings depict a number of themes, events of
epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Krishna’s life, beautiful
landscapes, and humans. Miniatures were the preferred medium of Rajput
painting, but several manuscripts also contain Rajput paintings, and
paintings were even done on the walls of palaces, inner chambers of the
forts, havelies, particularly, the havelis of Shekhawait.
Rajasthan where the
Marble as a stone is immensely beautiful in itself are used in a
number of artifacts to give them a natural and rugged look. These works
on marble, which are done with immense perfection and beauty,
encompass both traditional and contemporary styles. The paintings are
brought to life on a smooth milky-white best quality marble. The artist
successfully captures the magic on marble with the eloquence of his art.
The equally complementing color schemes and the orchestration of the hues
and shades make these paintings worth a hundred looks.
Mughal Paintings, India
Mughal paintings of
India date back to the period between the 16th and 18th century, when
the Mughals ruled a large part of the country. The most popular themes
with the Mughal artists were portraits, court scenes, hunting events and
depictions of battle. Most of the painting was in the form of miniatures,
and book illustrations. Themes including musical parties; lovers,
sometimes in intimate positions, on terraces and gardens; and ascetics
gathered around a fire, abound in the Mughal paintings of this period.
Tanjore Paintings, India
Tamil Nadu is known for
its traditional ornate paintings, known as Tanjore paintings. This art
originated in the 16th century, under royal patronage. Tanjore paintings
of the Thanjavoor pictures are one of the most expensive and elaborate
crafts of traditional India. These pictures decorate the Pooja rooms,
the living rooms and hotel lobbies. These paintings carry an aura of
richness and auspice. The craftsmen of Tanjore try to bring to life the
mythological characters, Gods and Goddesses with their art and expertise.
They are renowned worldwide for their beauty and make place in the
international handicraft business. The style originated in Tanjore near
Chennai in India. Tanjore Paintings are known for their surface richness,
vivid colours and compact composition Tanjore paintings are in fact panel
paintings (done on solid wood planks ) and hence were also referred to as
'palagai padam'( palagai - wooden plank ; padam- picture) in local
parlance. In modern times, these paintings have become a much sought after
as souvenir during festive occasion.
Paintings, evolved as a
tool for communication has changed its genre through out the centauries
from traditional to contemporaries and to abstract or realistic paintings
giving human a different wave length of thought and romantic expressions.
The symbolic expressions of paintings in the eras have brought out the
fruits and nuts of the societies, hence imaging the various feels of the
painters. Leaving all these traditional art forms behind, the years of Van
Gouge, the action paintings of jacson Pollock, the revolutionary canvas of
Frida Carlyo are giving us the various modern approaches of paintings.
Contributing Author: Seenu Nair am interested
in creative writing. I am post graduate in MA Communication.
Email:
seenunair.nair@gmail.com
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