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Article, Pahari Painting, paintings, style of painting

Pahari Painting

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Pahari painting flourished and developed during 17th to 19th century in the hilly areas in northwest like Jammu, Garhwal, Basohli, Chamba, Guler, Kangra and Mandi. These paintings are mostly done in miniature form of painting and influenced by Mughal paintings of Aurangzeb’s period to some extent. Pahari paintings or Rajput paintings are categorized on the […]

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Article, Mughal painting, paintings, Style

Mughal Painting

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The beautiful Mughal paintings were evolved between 16th-19th century and reflects a great combination of Indian, Islamic and Persian styles. It is believed that these eye luring paintings were originated during the rule of Mughal Emperor, Humayun and this art further prospered under the rule of other Mughal Emperors, Akbar, Shah Jahan and Jahangir. The […]

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Warli Paintings

Warli : The New Decoration Trend

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Warli is simple yet beautiful form of painting. This simple form of art usually supports geometric shapes like triangle, circle or lines. Maharashtra’s native, warli paintings looks very simple but have deep thoughts behind. There are a few symbols used to make these paintings like the circle represents the sun and the moon, the triangle […]

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Article, Batik Paintings, Style

Phad Paintings

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Beautiful and colourful Phad Paintings originated from Rajasthan got its name from rajasthani dialect which means fold and the word phad is derived from Sanskrit word patt. These are long rectangular paintings on cloth which depict the lives and adventures of local heroes using bold colours. These paintings take you through epic stories of dances […]

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Batik Paintings, Madhubani Paintings

Pattachitra Painting

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Pattachitra is the old and famous form of art which was born in Odisha but admired worldwide. This aesthetic form of art got its name from Sanskrit words ‘Patta’ meaning canvas and ‘Chitra’ meaning picture. These colourful and vibrant paintings made on canvas are based on Hindu mythology and mostly inspired by Jagannath of Puri. […]

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Batik Paintings

 Batik Paintings

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Batik is an art of dying cloth in a way that it brings out beautiful, different and vibrant patterns. Batik is an ancient art that  went from Coromandel Coast in India to Southeast Asia becoming the speciality of Java, Indonesia (It reads as it spread out of India, whereas you are saying entered India). It […]

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