A traditional Indian art form in which colourful patterns are made using coloured sand, powdered colours or flower petals. These patterns are traditionally created to decorate floors, courtyards and thresholds of homes during Hindu festivals across India.
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A painted room in the form of a gallery commissioned by kings, nobles and merchants. The chitrashala in Bundi Palace,…
Also called fresco secco or fresco finto, this is a technique of wall or mural painting wherein casein, tempera or…
A painter who worked in eighteenth century Rajasthan in the court of Devgarh under the ruler Rawat Jaswant Singh. He…
Monochrome photographs handpainted with colour, often to heighten the degree of their realism or for an enhanced aesthetic affect. Painted…
Paintings made using engine oil as the pigment binder, instead of typically used oils such as linseed or safflower oil.…
A painting and drawing technique where a pattern of dots is used to produce the effect of shading.
A cultural movement in art, architecture and applied and decorative arts that sought to modernise design and free it from…
A movement originating in France in the 1840s, which rejected then-prevalent ideals of Romanticism in French art and literature in…