The Indian art lovers are present across the globe. No matter to which part of the globe one travels or one resides in, there are going to be people who love and admire the beauty of the Indian art. Here, in the article, we are going to talk about the ancient Indian paintings or various other forms of paintings which have culminated into modern forms of painting.
Something about the Indian paintings first - different types of Indian paintings
Indian paintings are popular across the globe. Indian Paintings, with their long history and tradition, has always managed to attract the attention of the painting lovers across the globe.
Indian Paintings from past to present
• Rock paintings (dates back to prehistoric times)
• petro glyphs (dates back to 5500 BC, most of them were found to be in places like Bhimbetka )
• Paintings of the Ajanta caves
• Mughal paintings (which vividly represents the fusion of the Persian miniature with a pinch of the Indian tradition).
• Paintings from British raj which depicts beauty in western style.
• Modern day paintings with a mix of old and new traditions, old and new techniques etc.
It would surely be no exaggeration to say this here that Indian art or Indian paintings provide unique or aesthetic continuum that clearly extends or runs from the period of early civilization to the present or modernized India. Most of the Indian art is rightly referred to be the fusion of many cultures and traditions.
Indian Art or Indian Paintings - History in a nutshell
Paintings as an “art form” has been flourishing since very early times. Many of the evidences of the “art forms” have even been discovered in the caves or many of the literary resources. Many of the ancient rocks show paintings or drawings of animals, for instance, the paintings which we found in the caves of Narsinghgarh show the skins of spotted deer lying drying.. Paintings from Harappan Civilization or from Buddhist Literature in India show a large number of paintings which reveal mystical or religious concepts. There are paintings which had been done in specific style or techniques such as Lepyacitras (representation of the folklore) Dhulitcitras (form of painting on the floor) or lekhacitras (line drawing and painting on textile) etc.
It is also of importance to mention here that the Buddhist literature or the Buddhist text such as Vinayapitaka (4th–3rd century) reveals the existence of the painted figures in various forms of buildings. One of the best forms of paintings that which date back to Gupta period are the ones that attract a lot of attention. The paintings that which are there at Ajanta attract the attention of the viewers or the painting-lovers not just from India but across the globe. The main subjects of various paintings include the subjects related to animals, birds, trees, flowers, or human figures. The depictions of the scenes from various Hindu scriptures or other religious scriptures are also the source of the ancient or modern form of paintings in India.
Please, take a note of this that the information provided in this article is purely based on the resources made use of. The writer doesn’t take the responsibility of its being correct as other historians many of view that the art of Indian paintings traces back to times indescribable.
