A technique in painting, sculpture and architecture where the artwork simulates the optical reality of the viewer by employing techniques such as perspective, foreshortening and modelling to depict real objects with mimetic precision.
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It refers to yarn or threads fixed longitudinally on a loom. Weft threads are passed horizontally over and under the…
The process of removing debris and dirt from raw cotton fibre, either manually or by running it through a mechanical…
An object that is covered with a thin layer of gold, often used in jewellery, ornamentation and textile. From the…
A photographic negative produced using a glass plate coated with a light-sensitive emulsion of silver compounds, in use in plate…
A gold or silver thread used in brocade and zardosi designs. It is typically used to decorate silk saris, ghaghras…
A solution that is applied to warp threads before they are set on a loom for weaving, it protects the…
Meaning “little dream,” it is a woven brocade, characterised by a dense and rich zari work on the surface that…
A photograph made by creating a positive directly on a thin sheet of black-enamelled metal coated with collodion. They were…