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    The document discusses two traditional Indian painting styles: Pichwai paintings from Rajasthan and Kalamkari paintings from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Pichwai paintings are large devotional pictures created on cloth with rich dark colors that depict Krishna and are hung in Hindu temples. Kalamkari paintings are created using hand-painting or block-printing on cloth, originating to decorate temple chariots, and there are two distinct styles - Srikalahasti using freehand drawing and Machilipatnam using carved wooden blocks. Both styles use natural dyes and depict religious stories and myths.

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    The document discusses two traditional Indian painting styles: Pichwai paintings from Rajasthan and Kalamkari paintings from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Pichwai paintings are large devotional pictures created on cloth with rich dark colors that depict Krishna and are hung in Hindu temples. Kalamkari paintings are created using hand-painting or block-printing on cloth, originating to decorate temple chariots, and there are two distinct styles - Srikalahasti using freehand drawing and Machilipatnam using carved wooden blocks. Both styles use natural dyes and depict religious stories and myths.

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    The document discusses two traditional Indian painting styles: Pichwai paintings from Rajasthan and Kalamkari paintings from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Pichwai paintings are large devotional pictures created on cloth with rich dark colors that depict Krishna and are hung in Hindu temples. Kalamkari paintings are created using hand-painting or block-printing on cloth, originating to decorate temple chariots, and there are two distinct styles - Srikalahasti using freehand drawing and Machilipatnam using carved wooden blocks. Both styles use natural dyes and depict religious stories and myths.

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    Painting style of

    india

    By:- Dev Barot


    Class:- com.11th
    PAINTING IN INDIA

    INDIA HAS BEEN THE COUNTRY OF ARTS


    WHETHER IT’S DANCING, SINGING,
    CRAFTING AND NEVER LETS  DOWN TO
    THE LOVERS OF ART. ONE OF THE MOST
    FASCINATING ART OF INDIA IS PAINTINGS
    WHICH IS A SOURCE TO EXPRESS
     THOUSANDS OF FEELING, EMOTIONS
    AND THOUGHT. AS INDIA IS THE
    COUNTRY OF DIVERSITY IT HAS
    DIFFERENT FORMS OF PAINTINGS ALSO,
    LET’S HAVE A GLANCE ON THE
    PICHWAI
    PAINTINGS

    PICHWAI IS THE FORM OF PAINTINGS


    WHICH BELONGS TO THE ROYAL STATE
    RAJASTHAN. PICHWAI MEANS ‘HANGING
    AT THE BACK ‘.IT IS CREATED ON THE
    HANDSPUN TEXTURED CLOTHS WITH RICH
    DARK COLOURS AND IT FORMS A
    BACKDROP TO SRINATHJI’S IDOL IN THE
    SANCTUM AT NATHDWARA.
    ABOUT PICHWAI
    PAINTINGS

    PICHHWAI ARE LARGE DEVOTIONAL HINDU PAINTED


    PICTURES, NORMALLY ON CLOTH, WHICH PORTRAY
    KRISHNA. THEY ARE MAINLY MADE TO HANG IN
    HINDU TEMPLES OF THE PUSHTIMARG DEVOTIONAL
    TRADITION, ESPECIALLY THE SHRINATHJI TEMPLE
    IN NATHDWARA, RAJASTHAN, BUILT AROUND 1672.
    THEY ARE HUNG BEHIND THE IDOL OF SHRINATHJI,
    A LOCAL FORM OF KRISHNA AND THE CENTRE OF
    PUSHTIMARG WORSHIP, TO DEPICT HIS LEELAS. THE
    PURPOSE OF PICHHWAIS, OTHER THAN ARTISTIC
    Some famous
    Artist

    1. Pooja Singhal
    2. Arun Sharma
    3. Trilok Prakash Soni

    Interesting fact

    These Paintings are made


    with natural colors
    extracted from flowers,
    leaves and semi-precious
    stones. The showdown is
    made with pure gold and
    other precious metals that
    are rich in value.
    KALAMKARI
    PAINTINGS

    KALAMKARI IS A TRADITIONAL INDIAN


    ART FORM OF HAND-PAINTING OR
    BLOCK-PRINTING ON CLOTH AND
    DERIVES ITS NAME FROM THE WORD
    ‘KALAM,’ WHICH MEANS PEN OR
    BRUSH. ORIGINATING FROM THE INDIAN
    STATES OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND
    TELANGANA, KALAMKARI PAINTING
    WAS FIRST PRACTICED TO DECORATE
    TEMPLE CHARIOTS AND BACKGROUNDS
    ABOUT
    KALAMKARI
    PAINTINGS

    THERE ARE TWO DISTINCTIVE STYLES OF


    KALAMKARI ART IN INDIA—SRIKALAHASTI AND
    MACHILIPATNAM. IN THE SRIKALAHASTI
    TECHNIQUE, THE ‘KALAM’ IS USED FOR THE
    FREEHAND DRAWING OF STORIES FROM THE
    RAMAYANA, MAHABHARATA, PURANA AND OTHER
    MYTHOLOGIES. IN THE MACHILIPATNAM STYLE,
    ARTISTS USE CARVED WOODEN BLOCKS AND
    Some famous
    Artist
    1. Gurappa Chetty
    2. Niranjan
    3. Sri Kalahasti
    4. K Srinivas Rao
    5. Mr. Chandra

    Interesting fact

    Kalamkari is also known


    as healing fabric, as the
    colours, motifs,
    compositions and the
    narration of magical
    forms create an aura that
    heals an individual
    physically and spiritually.

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