Indian paintings

                Painting - expresses human thoughts and feelings through the
media of line and colour.Indian painting has a long tradition in Indian culture.The oldest are the rock paintings in India observed in bimbetka caves.Traditional painting found in India. We know about the traditional art of rangoli.

               Company paintings were made to British clients under British raj from 19th century also introduced art schools.

Method Of Paintings

• True Fresco Method- the paintings are done when the surface wall is still wet so that
  the pigments go deep inside the wall surface.

• The pigments go deep inside the wall surface.

• Tempora or Fresco-­Secco- Method of painting on the lime plastered surface which has been
  allowed to dry first and then drenched with fresh lime water.

• Allowed to dry first and then drenched with fresh lime water.

Cave dweller

·  Painted rock shelters to satisfy his aesthetic sensitivity
and the creative urge

· Primitive records of wild animals, war processions, birds
& marine creatures

· Human images, dancing images and hunting scenes.                     

· Bhimbetka caves in the Kaimur Range, MP.

AJANTA CAVE PAINTING:-

· Exclusively Buddhist, excepting decorative patterns on the
ceilings and the pillars.

· associated with the Jatakas, recording the previous births of
the Lord Buddha.

· Principal characters in most of the designs are in heroic
proportions.

ELLORA CAVE PAINTING:-

· Out in rectangular
panels with thick borders. 

· Sharp twist of the head,

· Painted angular bents of the arms,

·  Concave curve of the close limbs,

·  Sharp projected nose and

·  Long drawn open eyes

WALL PAINTINGS IN SOUTH INDIA

· Tanjore, Tamil Nadu

·  Wide open eyes of all the figures as compared to Ajanta
tradition of half closed drooping eyes

·  Dancing girl from Brihadeshwara temple of Tanjore

 MINIATURE PAINTING

MUGHAL SCHOOL (1560-1800 A.D.)

·  Synthesis of the indigenous Indian style of
painting and the Safavid school of Persian painting.

· Marked by supple naturalism

·  Based on close observation of nature and fine and
delicate drawing.

·  High aesthetic merit.

·  Primarily
aristocratic and secular.

· Tuti-nama - first work
of the Mughal School.

·  Hamza-nama( illustrations
on cloth)- more developed and refined than Tuti-nama.

· Under Jahangir, painting acquired greater charm,
refinement and dignity.

· Under Shah Jahan -  painting maintained its fine quality.

· Under Aurangzeb- Painting
declined and lost much of its earlier quality.

DECCANI SCHOOLS (CIRCA 1560-1800 A.D.)

1.  AHMEDNAGAR

Female appearing in the painting belongs to the northern
tradition of Malwa.

·  Choli (bodice)
and long pigtails braided and ending in a tassel are the northern costume.

· Colours used are rich and brilliant

· Persian influence - high horizon, gold sky and the landscape.

2.  BIJAPUR

·   Ladies - tall and slender and are wearing the South Indian
dress.

·  Rich colour scheme, the palm trees, animals and men and women
all belongs to the Deccani tradition.

·  Profuse use of gold colour

· Some flowering plants and arabesques on the top of the throne
are derived from the Persian tradition.

3.  GOLCONDA

·  "Lady with the Myna bird", about 1605 A.D          

·  Colours are rich and brilliant

· Continued long after the extinction of the Deccan Sultanates
of Ahmednagar, Bijapur and Golconda.

4.  HYDERABAD

·  Belongs to the third quarter of the 18th century.

·  Introduced by several Mughal painters who migrated to the
Deccan during the period of Aurangzeb and sought patronage there.

·   Distinctive features - treatment of the ethnic types,
costumes, jewellery, flora, fauna, landscape and colours.

·   Style of the painting is decorative.

·   Typical characteristics - rich colours, the Deccani facial
types and costumes

5.  TANJORE

·  Works on cloth stretched over wood.

·  Style of painting - bold drawing, techniques of shading and
the use of pure and brilliant colours

· Flourished
during the late 18th and 19th centuries.

· Style is decorative and is marked by the use of bright
colours and ornamental details.

· Conical crown - a typical feature of the Tanjore painting.

6.  MYSORE

·  More subtle and done on paper, while the Tanjore
works on cloth stretched over wood.

·  Deal mostly with sacred icons painted for
devotional purposes.

·  Theatrical framing of the iconic paintings should
be particularly noted.

Source:

http://ccrtindia.gov.in/

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