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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Jagannatha Murlidhar Ahivasi (b. 1901; d. 1973) was an Indian artist and teacher active in the first half of the…
The feminine representation of the Hindustani raga (melodic structures in Indian classical music), raginis are often depicted alongside the dominating…
A mural painting technique where water-based pigments are applied over wet lime plaster. As the paint and plaster dry together,…
A literary and artistic movement that originated in the works of late-nineteenth-century French poets who rejected the conventional emphasis on…
An art movement that developed in New York in the 1940s and led to the formation of the New York…
A genre of paintings associated with the Patna School, which depicted people engaged in caste-based occupations. Frequently produced and sold…
A painter in nineteenth century Rajasthan who worked in the courts of Mewar and Devgarh. He was the son of…
A style of painting that was influenced by European academies of art from the sixteenth century onwards. It was characterised…