| Indian Painting reflects the glorious culture and | | | | Miniature Paintings, The Deccan School of Miniature |
| heritage of India into an incredible variety of colors | | | | Paintings and The Mughal School of Miniature Paintings |
| and styles. Painting in India is a long practiced tradition. | | | | are sequels to original miniature paintings. |
| This creative form of art inspired generations of | | | | Thangka Paintings are a form of Buddhist arts that |
| artists as their passion or profession. Indian painting | | | | were imbibed from the Buddhist missionaries of Tibet |
| has adopted variety of techniques and styles in its | | | | during the time of emperor Ashoka. The word |
| journey to the world of arts. The new techniques | | | | 'thangka' is a Tibetan word meaning paintings on flat |
| and innovations have made it more enriched and | | | | surfaces. Thangka paintings were laid out on silk and |
| versatile. Indian paintings are invaluable visual records | | | | cotton materials. They could be folded in and rolled |
| of history. We can delve deeper into the periods of | | | | out according to the necessity. Used as scrolls the |
| history through these indelible pieces of arts. | | | | various thanka paintings find Buddha and Bodhisattva |
| Painting was practiced in India from the pre historic | | | | in various meditative postures. 'Buddha Mandala', |
| times. Various scenes of animal hunting and tribal | | | | 'Shakyamuni Buddha'and 'Maitreye Buddha' are some |
| wars were sculptured in the rocks and caves that | | | | popular images that are figured in the paintings. The |
| came to be known as cave painting. The rock | | | | paintings inspire us to awaken our true spiritual self. |
| paintings of Bhimbekta are said to be the most | | | | Madhubani Paintings are the exclusive paintings of the |
| archaic of the Indian paintings (5000B.C). The cave | | | | 'Mithila' region of Bihar. The rural women of 'Mithila' |
| paintings of the Ajanta and Ellora are the modified | | | | used to carve out their aspirations and imaginations in |
| versions of Bhimbekta. A combination of murals and | | | | their mud built doors and walls. These came to be |
| frescos, the paintings spellbind with their aestheticism, | | | | known as 'Madhubani Paintings'. A charming folk art, |
| meticulousness and workmanship. The tenets of | | | | the humble paintings now adorn the art galleries and |
| Indian painting and the various earlier forms of the | | | | cozy domestic interiors. Warli Paintings bring out the |
| art are to found in books like 'Mudraskshaka', | | | | customs, beliefs and the lifestyle of the tribal people |
| 'Vishnudharmottara' and 'Vinayapitaka'. | | | | of Maharastra in bright colors and designs. 'Pata Chitra' |
| Indian painting has several styles of paintings under | | | | is the traditional painting form of Orissa. Deities of |
| its domain. Miniature Paintings are one of the most | | | | Hindu gods and goddesses and mythological figures |
| popular among them. Beautiful images from the epics | | | | are portrayed on large sheets of fabrics in this |
| and mythologies, idols of Hindu gods and goddesses | | | | painting. Modern Indian Painting reflects India in the |
| and royal court scenes were depicted on pieces of | | | | post-colonial era. The paintings can be perceived in |
| glass, paper, marble, silk and leather in these paintings. | | | | the works of Jamini Roy, Mukbul Fida Hussain, S.K |
| The paintings were highly appreciated for their rich | | | | Bakre and S.H Raza. |
| colors and dazzling effects. The Rajput School of | | | | |