Warli Painting Image- Choo Yut Shing/Flickr The Joshi community extensively practiced the Phad art form and later Shree Lal Joshi, a world-renowned Phad artist, and Padma Shree as well as Shilpguru award winner, who preserved and modernized this style, opened a school ‘Chitrashala’ for everyone to learn and practice the art form.ģ. These paintings are very detailed and artists manage to accommodate many stories at once using every inch of the canvas. Phad paintings depict battlefields, adventures, romance, etc. It is a narrative scroll painting tradition on which stories of their deities and heroes like Prithviraj Chauhan are painted in mostly red, yellow, and orange colors. The Bhopas, priest-singers of the folk deities in Rajasthan carry and perform in front of a Phad using it as a portable temple. Phads depict the folk deities of Rajasthan, mainly Pabuji and Devnarayan. Phad painting is a religious scroll painting style and traditionally done on a long piece of cloth or canvas which is known as Phad. This type of Indian folk painting is practiced in the state of Rajasthan, India. Phad Painting Image- MicheleLovesArt/Wikimedia Many Madhubani artists received several awards such as the National award and Padma Shri making the art form famous and recognized. The origin of this art form dates back to the Ramayana period when Raja Janak (Sita’s father) requested the villagers to decorate the whole village on the occasion of Prince Rama’s and Sita’s wedding. They also include Ardhanarishvara, court scenes, social events, and wedding scenes. The themes of Madhubani paintings are mostly scenes from nature like sun, moon, tulsi plants and scenes from mythology and Hindu deities like Krishna, Rama, Shiva, Durga, Lakshmi, Saraswati, etc. It is one of the most celebrated and popular styles of folk painting in India. Now, they are also done on canvases, cloth, and handmade paper. Originally, these paintings were done on mud walls and soil ground or floors. These brightly colored Madhubani paintings are characterized by their geometrical patterns and are widely practiced in the Madhubani district in Bihar. These are done on walls, floors of holy places, canvases, etc. This type of Indian painting uses many tools like fingers, twigs, brushes, nib-pens, matchsticks, and natural colors. The Madhubani paintings or Mithila paintings originated in the Madhubani village of Bihar and are mostly created by women. Madhubani Painting Image- Andrea Kirkby/Flickr Let’s take a look at some of the types of Indian paintings: 1. We express our feelings, emotions, thoughts and admire our surroundings, nature, flora, and fauna, and respect our deities and mythology through these art forms. There are many folk art forms of India which have been internationally recognized and highly praised. In India, Every region and state is linked with a particular art form like the Madhubani painting in Bihar to the Pithora painting in Gujarat, the Warli painting in Maharashtra, the Kalamkari painting in Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana to the Gond art in Madhya Pradesh. India has a very rich culture and tradition and it portrays it through its amazing art and craft. Image- Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts/Wikimedia
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