A technique associated with the Patna School, where paintings are rendered directly by paintbrush on the surface, without using pencilled sketches to trace the contours of the image. Kajli denotes a fine powder-like compound in lampblack colour, while siyahi means ‘ink’.
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Decorative ridges or grooves that are carved along the shaft of a column or pilaster to make it appear rounder…
Also known as serigraphy and silk-screen printing, it is a stencil-based technique of printing on a substrate such as paper…
It refers to yarn or threads that pass horizontally over and under the fixed longitudinal warp to weave cloth and…
An early photographic technique wherein two or more negative images are combined to create a single image. This technique allowed…
A motif found predominantly in kota doria, which uses cotton as warp and silk as weft threads. The warp and…
The designer of the naqsha (map or design plan) of Banarasi brocade. They sketch and create the map of motifs…
A style associated with postmodern trends in visual art, music and literature, pastiche indicates works of art that imitate or…
A technique of brick-and-lime flat roof construction, named after the erstwhile Madras Presidency of colonial South India where it emerged.…