The name itself indicates that the paintings have their origin in India. Not only the country but also the styles and varieties in the list of paintings from that country are diverse.
Wall paintings, Calendar paintings, oil classics, rock paintings,
pre-historic rock paintings, Daria-Daulat, Lepakshi paintings, paintings
of Ravi Varma, Mysore Traditional art, and so on are the popular
Indian paintings that adorn not only the Indian homes but also the
houses of art lovers all over the world.
The murals of Ajanta, Ellora, the Buddhist palm leaf manuscripts,
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Mughal and Kangra schools of miniatures, and so on age back
to around five to ten thousand years. Indian paintings of
each age represent the life led by people of that age.
Moreover, these paintings are different from others as you
can find that texts outline the colors and the anecdotes in
the paintings on the household doors. Indian paintings indicate
that the guests resided in those homes.
Temple and cave paintings of the ancient
India depict the love for nature.
You can find life and clarity, purity and complexity,
valor and energy all at the same time in the Indian
paintings.
Initial Indian paintings had the influence of the
religions; however, with the passage of time, the influence
changed to the fusion of religions and traditions.
Using the popular materials and techniques of the paintings
all over the world, Indian paintings express the realties
and experiences prevailing in India.
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The depictions in the miniatures are the limitless self-expressions
of the painters. Moreover, many of these paintings also depict
musical nodes of Indian music, and arts of different forms.
In the modern
Indian paintings, you can see the combination of useful forms from
the old tradition and the new style, and this is appropriately called
as eclecticism of the Indian contemporary expression.
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