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Patachitra and Talapatra Paintings

Patachitra and Talapatra Paintings

The origin of Patachitra and Talpatra paintings is linked with the famous Jagannath temple of Puri, which was built around 10th century AD. The style has been kept alive over the centuries through the patronage of millions of pilgrims who come to the shrine of...
Mithila Paintings

Mithila Paintings

Legend has it that Madhubani paintings or Mithila Paintings originated at the time of the Ramayana, when King Janak commissioned artists to do paintings at the time of marriage of his daughter, Sita, to Lord Ram. The modern world was introduced to Madhubani paintings...
Tagore’s world of colour

Tagore’s world of colour

If ‘red’ is not what others mean by ‘red’, if ‘green’ is not what others mean by ‘green’, then how does that difference affect an artist’s style? Partial colour blindness is bound to ‘colour’ a person’s entire perception of the world. As it allegedly did Rabindranath...