Paintings Flashcards
Pithora, MP/Raj/guj -
by group of painters called Lakharas
Mandana, Raj/MP
Mithila (aka Madhubani), Bihar - Hindu deities painting by women
Manjusha Painting, Bihar - aka Angika Art- snake motifs - snake
painting
Pattachitra, Orissa - no pencil/charcoal used (Jagannath)-> brush used,
inspired by Jagannath and Vaishnava cult
Patua, WB - Scroll painting
Saura Paintings, Orissa - similar to Worli Paintings. Tribal activities
Warli, MH - daily activities
Kalighat, WB - market Painting
Thang-ka, Tibet - Buddhist (Vajrayana) painting using intense colours
and incredibly fine detail done on cotton canvas - hand painting
Kalamezhuthu, Kerala - ritual floor painting
Pulikkali, Kerala - ‘play of the tigers’
Sohrai and Khavar - Jharkhand
Paitkar - East India (orissa, WB, Jharkhand)
Chitrakathi - AP, MH, Karn - linked to Vijaynagar Paintings
Phad, Rajasthan - scroll paintings
Cheriyal Scrolls, Telangana
Kolam, south india - using rice flour
Lippan, Gujarat - clay art form
Rajasthan - Bagru, Sanganeri, Ajrakh, Dabu
Guj - Ajrakh
Andhra Pradesh - Kalamkari (using bamboo pen on cotton) -
hindu mytho
MP - Bagh, Bherogarh (Batik)
Ganjifa - hand painted cards => mentioned in Abu Fazl,
Humayunnama, Tipu Sultan
Kavad mobile shrine - Rajasthan (Mewar)
Sanjhi - painted during Navratri by unmarried girls on wall (North
india)
Pichhvai - Nathdwara, Raj - by Adi Gaud Caste
CAVE PAINTINGS
Most of Mesolithic Age
i. Bhimbetka, MP
ii. Lakhudiyar, Uttarakhand
