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Painting Facts

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Chitrasutra by VishnuDharmottara Purana - Oral tradition recorded around 5th Century AD
Kamasutra carries 6 principles of painting called shadanga of paintings

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Murals

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Done on walls eg Cave paintings ,red yellow black colours ,figures of animals etc
Jogimara caves in Jharkhand , Ajanta Caves in Maharashtra , Bagh caves in Madhya Pradesh, Badami in Karnataka

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Bhimbetka

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Madhya pradesh Rock cut caves

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Jogimara

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First human expert painters ,jharkhand , chattisgarh

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Ajanta

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Maharashtra

Depict buddha life and jataka tales,both hinaya and mahayana phase
Dying princess, Padmapani- Bodhissatva very popular - Lotus bearer , Vajrapani - bearer of thunderbolt and also flying apsara

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Ellora

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Jaina buddha hindu ,ramayana mahabharata

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Pitalkhora

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Maharashtra Buddhist Caves of HINAYA Buddhism

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Bagh caves

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Madhya Pradesh Secular painting, common themes

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Badami

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Karnataka ,hindu temples , vakataka kings and chalukya kings

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Ravan chaya

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Odissa

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Armamalai

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Tamil nadu ,Jainnpaintings

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Later Murals

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Vijaynagra, Nayaka amd Kerela Murals

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Miniature Paintings

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Pala School ,Apbhramsa School, Chola , Kashmiri School and mughals

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Pala School of Miniature

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Influencrd by Vajrayana school of buddhism , they were compact form of murals
Generally made on palm leaves and paper
Example of it is.illistrated manuscript Astahazarika prajnaparamita buddhist text

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Apbhramsa School

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angular faces , pointed nose, potruded eyes , themes were Gita Govinda , Secular love
Gujrat Later influenced rajasthan and mewar styles and illustrated on JAIN manuscripts like Kalpasautra and Kalakcharya

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Extras
Kashmir school, Mysore ,Deccan , Mughal etc etc
Mughal Paintings

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Humayun brought painters with him like Mir sayid ali and Abdus Samad
Mughals bought miniature paintings ehich later influenced Rajasthani and Pahari Miniatures
Blend of Indian, Persian , Islamic,Popular under Akbar Jahangir Shahjahan

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Tuti Nama

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Commissioned by Akbar ,it was by Mir Sayyid Ali and Abdus Samad
Parrot tales 52 stories ,250 miniatures

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Hamza Nama Or Dastir e Amir Hamza

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1200 paintings on cloth ,original 1500 leaves

Also commissioned by Akbar - 14 years to complete

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Akbar

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Focussed less on portraits but started it tradition

This mughal emproror Did not focus on religious themes

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Jahangir Zenith reached of miniatures

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Nature lover ,flora and fauna paintingd ,decorative margins

Mansur famous painter under him ,works like Siberian crane and bengal florican and dodo

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Jahangir

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Under this king was bishan das called unrivalled master portrait

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Shahjahan

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Quality declined too bright colours and european influence

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Mughal vs rajasthani

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Secular vs religious style of painting,hunting themes vs religious theme , muted colours vs bold primary colors, royal art vs Folk art

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Rajasthani School

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Also called rajput school , also called maru-gujar collectively
Divided into courtly (includes portrait) and literary
Limbs are Marwar style, Dhundhar style,Hadoti style ,Mewar Style

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Marwar paintings
Kishangarh ,Bikaner and Jodhpur - Rajput Style Kishangarh patron by Maharaja Sawant Singh - Radha Krishna- Long faces- Also Called Bani Thani Painting Kishangarh school used primary colours ,most famous painter Nihal Chand of KG school under MarWar
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Mewar Paintings
Nathdwar ,Udaipur , Devgarh , Sawar Apabhransa influence of west ,fully removed the influence, Patrons Rana Kumbha , Rana sangha Offshoot of central india ,Fish like eyes ,female smaller than male
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Nathdwara of Mewar
Nathdwara themes are krishna and leelas | Pichwai paintings are eall paintingd of Nathdwara style - Hallmark - Ragmala and Krishna
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Hadoti Paintings
Kota and Bundi Region Bundi school Close association with Mughals ,During time of Sujan Singh focus on festivals and processions egs are Baramasa ans Rag Ragini Women wear red and yellow , long slender ,embroidery ,Sky of different colours Eg. Chitrashala painting By maharaja umed singh
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Kota School
Muslim and Hindu blend ,Opaque waters ,theme religion politics literature
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Dhundhar School
Amber , Jaipir and Shekhawati
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Amber School
camel riding horse riding elephant riding rag ragini
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Jaipur school
Fuedal lords of jaipur family ,neither subtle nor loud ,not.confined to royal Life size portraitd and canvas
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Shekhawati Paintings
Name from ruler Rao Shekha- Semi Desert Region -Mansions and havelis Both murals and miniatures
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Pahari Paintings
Himalyan region | Limbs are Basholi ,Kangra ,Guler ,Mandi ,Garhwal
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Basholi paintings
Jammu and Kashmir ,influence of mewar ,patron Raja Kripal Pal Themes rasam jari, gita govind,bhagwat - Strong relief -yellow green
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Guler
Early phase of kangra and follower of basholi ,it is birthplace of kangra paintings and they both merged
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Kangra Paintings
Fusion of Pahari and Mughal,patrons sansar chand , nainsukh, fattu Inspiration cool blies , greens ,natural colours no artificial paint Use of natural poison to save paintings from decay
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Deccani Paintings
Deccani, Mysore ,Tanjore in Bijaur and Golconda Absorbed elements of Malwa and Vijaynagara ,persian hindu influence Famous painting yogini, patron adil shah, and of golconda were qutub shahi rulers
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Modern Raja Ravi verma
Shakuntala and jatayu and saraswati left extras
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Apbhramsha
Western and central india ,jaina figurines ,prjecting eye feature
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Cheriyal GI tag painting
Telangana and Andhra ,Modern style of Nakashi Art - scrolls and Folklore
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Decorative
Rangoli in north, Alpana of Bengal, Aipan of uttranchal, Rangavalli of Karnataka Kollam if Tamil Nadu, Mandana in Madhya Pradesh Others mithila madhubani and warli
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Kalamkari
Hand painted or Block printed cloth in Andhra Pradesh Decorating temples interior of andhra Styles are SrikalaHasti and Machalipatnam
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Srikalahasti and Machalipatnam Styles of Kalamkari
Free hand drawing in srikalahasti | Persian motifs and design in machalipatnam sincr golconda influence
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Kalighat paintings
Bengal Kali Temple ,Kolkatta | Cloth painters ,of goddesses ,curving figures ,satarical
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Madhubani
Bihar folk painting also xalled Mithila painting | On freshly plastered mud walls of huts ,ochre ,black , brown
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Mysore Paintings
Wodeyars attention to details ,gesso work, paste of white lead powder,low relief
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Paitkar Paintings
Jharkhand
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Pattachitra
Odissa on leaf cloth etc
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Lord jagannath vaishnava cult | Patua Art
Bengal
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Phad Paintings
Rajasthan
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Pithora paiintings
Done on Wall by Tribals In gujrat and madhya pradesh region on ocassions like weddings festivaks etc , pithora means horses ,to thank god gujrat madhya Pradesg
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Ragmala paintings
Garland of ragas , art ,poetry and classical depictions | ragmala are oahari ragmala , mughal ragmala , deccan ragmala
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Saura painTings
Odissa
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Sitanvasal paintings
Ttichy , jaina Tamil Nadu Tanjore Miniature paintings like mysore school ,offshoot are Vijaynagar School Tanjore , Tamil Nadu, 1500 - 1600 AD Wooden base + afhesive + lots of gold used gold foil
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Mysore vs Tanjore
Wodeyar vs Nayaks,low relief vs high, no gem vs gem and gold, cloth vs wooden both vijaynagra
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Thanka paintings
Ladakh buddha silk or cotton
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Vijaynagar | Frescos ,murals etc
Wall paintingd Dashavatara and GirijaKalyana
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Warli Paintings
Maharashtra ,represent Bhimbetka murals white and red on cloth

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