Rajasthani school of painting Flashcards
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WHAT DOES RAJASTHAN MEAN OR SIGNIFY ?
PLACE OF KINGS OR RAJAS
WHICH PLACE FLOURISHED AS A PURE FORM OF RAJASTHANI ART ?
DURING THE ATTACK OF THE MUGHALS, THE WHOLE OF RAJASTHAN WAS AFFECTED BUT MEWAR WASN’T IN THEIR CONTROL TILL THE LAST. AS A RESULT THE PUREST FORM OF ART FLOURISHED IN MEWAR AND LATER IN OTHER PARTS.
WHICH PLACE WAS IMPORTANT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF RAJASTHANI ART ?
MEWAR
WHAT IS THE CENTRAL THEME OF RAJASTHANI ART ?
CENTRAL THEME IS LOVE. LOVE IS CONCEIVED AS THE SYMBOL OF THE UNION. THE LOVERS WERE PRESENTED AS RADHA ( HUMAN SOUL ) AND KRISHNA ( DIVINE SOUL ).
EXPLAIN ABOUT MEWAR SUB SCHOOL ?
. AS MEWAR DIDN’T COME UNDER THE MUGHAL RULE TILL THE END, RAJSTHANI ART FLOURISHED IN ITS PUREST FORM HERE.
. CONTAINS ELEMENTS OF CENTRAL INDIAN STYLES (GUJARAT +JAIN+ PERSIAN)
. PAINTINGS DATE BACK TO 16TH CENTURY
. PROPORTIONS WERE NOT PERFECT BUT BOLD COLOURS AND ANGULAR FEATURES WERE FAMOUS
. SAHIBDIN WAS THE GREATEST MASTER OF MATURE MEWAR STYLE
EXPLAIN ABOUT BUNDI ART SCHOOL ?
. THIS SCHOOL DEVELOPED IN THE KOTA-BUNDI AND JHALAWAR IN THE 17TH CENTURY UNDER THE HARA RAJPUT DYNASTY
.HUMAN FIGURES RESEMBLE THE MEWAR STYLE BUT DUE TO SHADING AND ROUNDNESS ON REDDISH BROWN COMPLEXION MADE IT MORE EXPRESSIVE.
.NATURAL FORMS WERE MORE REALISTIC
.FACES GOT REFINED, FLESH(SKIN) BECAME PINKISH, WATER WAS SHOWED IN WHITE WAVY LINES AND COLOURS GOT RICHER.
.BY THE MID OF THE 18TH CENTURY, MUGHAL INFLUENCE COULD BE SEEN IN SHADING, FINNER FACE LINES AND PERSPECTIVE LINES.
. DEECAN INFLUENCE COULD ALSO BE SEEN IN CYLINDRICAL FORMS OF WOMEN, GARDENS, FOUNTAINS, AND ARCHITECTURE.
EXPLAIN ABOUT JODHPUR SCHOOL ?
. IT IS THE LARGEST STATE OF RAJASTHAN.
. INITIALLY DUE TO JAIN MERCHANTS, JAIN STYLE OF PAINTING WAS FOLLOWED.
. LATER DUE TO MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCES WITH MUGHAL RULERS, MUGHAL INFLUENCE COULD BE SEEN SUCH AS ROYAL PORTRAITS WERE PREVALENT .
. TRUE JODHPUR COLOURS CAME B/W 1760 AND 1780 WHEN RYTHMIC LINES AND JWEL LIKE COLOURS SHOWED UP IN COMPOSITIONS
. FEMALE FIGURES WERE SIMPLIFIES AND HAD UPLIFTED EYES.
.UNDER MAN SINGH ( EARLY 19TH CE), PEAK MATURITY IN THE ART COULD BE SEEN .
EXPLAIN ABOUT THE BIKANER SCHOOL ?
. THIS SCHOOL WAS COMPLETELY UNDER MUGHAL INFLUENCE DUE TO TWO REASONS- EITHER EXPELLED ARTISTS FROM MUGHAL COURTS TOOK SHELTER HERE OR THE RULERS RECEIVED PAINTINGS AS GOODWILL GIFTS FROM THE MUGHALS.
. SUBJECTS OAINTED OFTEN ORIGINATED FROM INDIAN MYTHOLOGY - SCENES FROM RAGMALA, RASA LILA ETC.`
. PAINTING STYLE HAD FINER LINES AND LESEER RANGE OF COLOURS THAN COMPARED TO MUGHAL ARTWORK
. ALL ARTISTS WERE MUSLIM BUT PAINTED HINDU THEMES SKILLFULLY.
EXPLAIN ABOUT KISHANGARH SCHOOL ?
. THE ESTATE WAS INHERITED BY KISHAN SINGH ;ATER CAME TO BE KNOWN AS KISHANGARH
. WHEN ART OF OTHER STATES WAS REACHING AN END, THIS STATE SAW A SUDDEN SPARK OF GENIUS.
. SAWANT SINGH WAS A SCHOLAR AND WROTE POEMS UNDER THE NAME NAGRI DAS. LATER HE MARRIED AN ATTENDANT (BANI THANI ) TO HIS STEPMOTHER
. THEY BOTH BECAME A VERY POPULAR SUBJECT FOR THE ARTISTS AND WERE SHOWCASED AS RADHA AND KRISHNA,
.THE SCENES FROM THE OCURT, ROYAL PORTRAITS, NAYAK- NAYIKA, GEET GOVIND WERE ALSO PAINTED.
.BEAUTY IN DEPICTION OF WOMEN IS A CHIEF ACHIEVEMENT OF THIS SCHOOL.
EXPLAIN ABOUT JAIPUR SCHOOL ?
. THIS SCHOOL REACHED ITS PEAK IN THE 18TH CE WHEN MUGHAL INFLUENCE WEAKENED.
. THOUGH ARTISTS TRIED TO OME OUT OF THE MUGHAL INFLUENCES WITH THEMES FROM HINDU EPICS, THE EFFECT REMAINED.
. LATER WITH MUGHAL EXPERTISE IN LIMITED COLOURS AND SENSE OF SPACE IN THE BACKGROUND , THEY WERE READY TO MAKE THEIR OWN MARK IN BOLD COMPOSITIONS.
. LIFE SIZE PORTRAITS, RAGMALA, KRISHNA AND RADHA, ROYAL COURT, BHAGWAT PURANA, EROTIC THEMES, RAMAYANA AND MAHABHARAT WERE THE SUBJECTS.
