Rajasthani Hindu Paintings

Indianminiature.in offers contemporary & modern Indian paintings by famous rajisthani artists. It is comprehensive and definitive source of bright and colorful Rajisthan paintings. Miniatures are the most famous among paintings developed under the patronage of various rulers.

Rajput painting, also known as Rajasthani Hindu Paintings, is a style of Indian painting, evolved and flourished during the 18th century in the royal courts of Rajputana, India, flowing from the style of Mughal painting, itself derived from the Persian miniature. Each Rajput kingdom evolved a distinct style, but with certain common features. Rajput paintings depict a number of themes, events of epics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Krishna’s life, beautiful landscapes, and humans. Miniatures in manuscripts or single sheets to be kept in albums were the preferred medium of Rajput painting, but many paintings were done on the walls of palaces, inner chambers of the forts, havelis, particularly, the havelis of Shekhawati, the forts and palaces built by Shekhawat Rajputs.

Easy steps for making Tanjore Paintings

Start making a Tanjore painting involves very easy stages. Tanjore paintings are the ultimate forms of expression of love ofGodhead, truth, beauty and devotion. The first stage involves the making of the preliminary sketch of the image on the base. The base consists of a cloth pasted over a wooden base. Then chalk powder or zinc oxide is mixed with water-soluble adhesive and applied on the base. To make the base smoother, a mild abrasive is sometimes used. After the drawing is made, decoration of the jewellery and the apparels in the image is done with semi-precious stones also known as Jaipur stones. Laces or threads are also used to decorate the jewellery. On top of this, the gold foils are pasted. Finally, dyes are used to add colors to the figures in the paintings.

Hundreds of devoted artists from Jaipur have kept alive this beautiful form of art and have brought about new innovations to it. If you want to know more detail about Tanjore paintings feel free to visit us http://www.indianminiature.in .

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This is a fine quality Mughal miniature painting. The king is making love to his queen in the presence of his attendants. The lady musicians are playing music to make the atmosphere more romantic. This Mughal Love Scene painting is made using water color and 24carat gold with the help of a squirrel hair brush. The painting is decorated with fine gold border. This is a reproduction of the miniature paintings made during the Mughal Period.

Over the years, these paintings are much influenced by Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cultures. These Mughal Miniature Paintings are rainy acknowledged for good color combination and environment friendly paper. All these paintings add more scorn in Mughal era are offered here at reasonable rate.