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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

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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

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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

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Nathdwara themes are krishna and leelas

Pichwai paintings are eall paintingd of Nathdwara style - Hallmark - Ragmala and Krishna

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Hadoti Paintings

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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

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Muslim and Hindu blend ,Opaque waters ,theme religion politics literature

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Dhundhar School

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Amber , Jaipir and Shekhawati

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Amber School

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camel riding horse riding elephant riding rag ragini

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Jaipur school

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Fuedal lords of jaipur family ,neither subtle nor loud ,not.confined to royal
Life size portraitd and canvas

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Shekhawati Paintings

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Name from ruler Rao Shekha- Semi Desert Region -Mansions and havelis
Both murals and miniatures

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Pahari Paintings

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Himalyan region

Limbs are Basholi ,Kangra ,Guler ,Mandi ,Garhwal

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Basholi paintings

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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

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Early phase of kangra and follower of basholi ,it is birthplace of kangra paintings and they both merged

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Kangra Paintings

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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

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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

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Shakuntala and jatayu and saraswati left extras

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Apbhramsha

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Western and central india ,jaina figurines ,prjecting eye feature

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Cheriyal GI tag painting

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Telangana and Andhra ,Modern style of Nakashi Art - scrolls and Folklore

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Decorative

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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

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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

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Free hand drawing in srikalahasti

Persian motifs and design in machalipatnam sincr golconda influence

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Kalighat paintings

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Bengal Kali Temple ,Kolkatta

Cloth painters ,of goddesses ,curving figures ,satarical

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Madhubani

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Bihar folk painting also xalled Mithila painting

On freshly plastered mud walls of huts ,ochre ,black , brown

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Mysore Paintings

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Wodeyars attention to details ,gesso work, paste of white lead powder,low relief

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Paitkar Paintings

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Pattachitra

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Odissa on leaf cloth etc

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Lord jagannath vaishnava cult

Patua Art

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Phad Paintings

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Pithora paiintings

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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

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Garland of ragas , art ,poetry and classical depictions

ragmala are oahari ragmala , mughal ragmala , deccan ragmala

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Saura painTings

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Sitanvasal paintings

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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

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Wodeyar vs Nayaks,low relief vs high, no gem vs gem and gold, cloth vs wooden both vijaynagra

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Thanka paintings

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Ladakh buddha silk or cotton

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Vijaynagar

Frescos ,murals etc

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Wall paintingd Dashavatara and GirijaKalyana

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Warli Paintings

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Maharashtra ,represent Bhimbetka murals white and red on cloth

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