ART (INDIAN FORMS)
India had always been known as the land that portrayed cultural and traditional vibrancy through its conventional arts and crafts. Every region in India has its own style and pattern with distinct cultural and traditional identities, and are displayed through various forms of art prevalent there, which is known as folk art and tribal art. The folk and tribal arts of India are very ethnic and simple, and yet colorful and vibrant enough to speak volumes about the country's rich heritage.
These Art forms are renowned worldwide as they have great traditional aesthetic sensibility and authenticity and reflect the creative energy found in rural areas. They have progressed considerably due to the constant developmental efforts by Artists and Government.
Indian art, as we know it now, has its roots spread across thousands of years. India's fascinating history, traditions, cultural sentiments and religious beliefs not only influenced different styles of Indian art and paintings but also inspired many Artists all over the world.
Indian paintings can be broadly classified as murals, miniatures and paintings on cloth. Murals are large works executed on the walls of solid structures. Miniature paintings are executed on a very small scale for books or albums on perishable material such as paper and cloth. Paintings on cloth were often produced in a more popular context, often as folk art.
The paintings are classified into large number of forms which are Rajput painting, Warli painting, Mali painting, Kalighat painting, Maithili painting, Mughal painting, Tanjore painting, Jadupatua painting, Puri painting, Miniature painting, Mysore painting, Phad painting, Mural painting, Pahari painting.
As time passed the way of doing the painting changed. Initially, the caves and leaves were used for painting but now canvases and papers are used. New and different mediums have also evolved from time to time but the characteristics of the Indian paintings have always remained the same.
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The indigenous art and culture of India are recognized worldwide. Indian Subcontinent has a countless number of age old Folk Art and Crafts. Because of cost and unavailability of materials, these Folk arts have evolved with time and the artist have contemporized it without compromising its traditional touch. The colors are no longer pure organic and due to the budget and time constraints and the unavailability of natural dyes, artists now use either synthetic or the mixture of synthetic and natural colors. Also, now many times paper is used as an alternative instead of cotton fabric.
Because of their beauty and brilliance, Indian Traditional Paintings now belongs everywhere and are also hung on house walls and other places unlike old times when most of them were usually restricted to the temples. Hence, the artists are now making paintings of smaller proportions, which are apt for the smaller homes of today.
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